CMS physics technical design report: Addendum on high density QCD with heavy ions
Journal
Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
G34
Pages
2307-2455
Date Issued
2007-03
Author(s)
Abstract
This report presents the capabilities of the CMS experiment to explore the rich heavy-ion physics programme offered by the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The collisions of lead nuclei at energies s N N = 5.5 TeV, will probe quark and gluon matter at unprecedented values of energy density. The prime goal of this research is to study the fundamental theory of the strong interaction -Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) -in extreme conditions of temperature, density and parton momentum fraction (low-x).
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Type
journal article