Speaker
Rainer Schicker
(Heidelberg University (DE))
Description
I present a feasibility study for measuring central exclusive $\eta,\eta' (958)$ production at the LHC. These pseudo-scalar mesons can be detected by their decays $\eta'(958) \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-\eta$, and $\eta \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$. For such measurements, the detection of the forward scattered protons is mandatory. I present the required detector position resolution of these very forward detectors for such measurements, and discuss the acceptance for a nominal $\beta^{*}$ = 10m optics, and for possible $\beta^{*}$ values of 20m and 30m.
Author
Rainer Schicker
(Heidelberg University (DE))