CERN Workshop on Proton-Nucleus Collisions at the LHC (1/3)

Wednesday 25 May 2005, 09:00 → 17:45 Europe/Zurich

TH Auditorium (CERN)

Proton-nucleus (p+A) collisions have long been recognized as a crucial component of the LHC heavy ion program. However, significant experimental and theoretical developments have occurred in this area since the last broad-based discussions of p+A collisions at the LHC.

In particular, d+Au measurements at RHIC have provided decisive benchmark experiments for discoveries in the RHIC nucleus-nucleus program and show the potential for elucidating the low-x structure of matter.

The goals of this workshop are to assess the current state of the art in p+A physics, and to identify the milestones required for optimal implementation of the p+A running in the LHC program. The focus will be on the following topics:

• LHC machine operation with p+A
  
• LHC experiments with p+A
  
• p+A as a benchmark for A+A
  
• Small-x physics with p+A
  
• Ultraperipheral Collisions
  

Programme

09:00-09:15 Welcome by the Organizers
09:15-09:45 Todd Satogata (BNL) RHIC experience with d+Au
09:45-10:15 Christian Carli (CERN-AB) p+A in the LHC injector chain
10:15-10:45 John Jowett (CERN-AB) p+A in the LHC main rings

Coffee Break

11:15-11:45 Brian Cole (Columbia University) The p+A Capabilities of ATLAS
11:45-12:15 Michiel Botje (NIKEF) The p+A Capabilities of ALICE
12:15-12:45 Ferenc Sikler (KFKI Budapest) The p+A Capabilities of CMS

Lunch Break

14:00-15:00 Raju Venugopalan (BNL) The Color Glass Condensate and its Implications for p+A @ LHC

Coffee Break

15:30-16:15 Carl Cagliardi (Texas A&M) Recent Experimental Developments at RHIC and their Implications for p+A @ LHC
16:15-16:45 Michael Murray (University of Kansas) Recent Results from BRAHMS on p+A
16:45-17:15 Arata Hayashigaki (Frankfurt University) Recoil effects in pA collisions from the CGC
17:15-17:45 Chiara Oppedisano Centrality measurement with grey protons in pA collisions in ALICE

Organiser(s): Peter Jacobs (LBNL & CERN), John Jowett (CERN-AB), Andreas Morsch (CERN-PH/EP), Helio Takai (BNL), Urs Achim Wiedemann (CERN-PH/TH), Bolek Wyslouch (MIT)
More information: http://wwwth.cern.ch/pAatLHC/pAworkshop2.html

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