A Comprehensive New Detector for Detailed Study of the Quark Gluon Plasma, Initial Conditions and Spin Physics at RHIC II
arXiv:nucl-ex/0407021 · doi:10.1556/APH.24.2005.1-4.49
Abstract
A case is presented for compelling physics at a high luminosity RHIC II collider and a comprehensive new detector system to address this physics. The experimental focus is on detailed jet tomography of the quark gluon plasma (QGP), measuring gluon saturation in the nucleus, investigating the color glass condensate, measuring effects of the QCD vacuum on particle masses, determining the structure and dynamics within the proton, and possible new phenomena. The physics and detector capabilities are introduced.
Proceedings 20th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Trelawny Beach, Jamaica, March 15--20, 2004. 12 pages, 4 figures