Modern and future colliders

V Shiltsev, F Zimmermann - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
Since the initial development of charged particle colliders in the middle of the 20th century,
these advanced scientific instruments have been at the forefront of scientific discoveries in …

A fixed-target programme at the LHC: Physics case and projected performances for heavy-ion, hadron, spin and astroparticle studies

C Hadjidakis, D Kikoła, JP Lansberg, L Massacrier… - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
We review the context, the motivations and the expected performances of a comprehensive
and ambitious fixed-target programme using the multi-TeV proton and ion LHC beams. We …

Physics case for an LHCb Upgrade II-Opportunities in flavour physics, and beyond, in the HL-LHC era

I Bediaga, MC Torres, JM De Miranda, A Gomes… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
The LHCb Upgrade II will fully exploit the flavour-physics opportunities of the HL-LHC, and
study additional physics topics that take advantage of the forward acceptance of the LHCb …

Future physics opportunities for high-density QCD at the LHC with heavy-ion and proton beams

Z Citron, A Dainese, JF Grosse-Oetringhaus… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
The future opportunities for high-density QCD studies with ion and proton beams at the LHC
are presented. Four major scientific goals are identified: the characterisation of the …

Feasibility of crystal-assisted collimation in the CERN accelerator complex

W Scandale, G Arduini, R Assmann… - … Journal of Modern …, 2022 - World Scientific
Bent silicon crystals mounted on high-accuracy angular actuators were installed in the
CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) and extensively tested to assess the feasibility of …

Collimation system

S Redaelli, R Bruce, A Lechner… - CERN Yellow Reports …, 2020 - e-publishing.cern.ch
A variety of processes can cause unavoidable beam losses during normal and abnormal
beam operation. Because of the high stored energy of about 700 MJ and the small …

On the search for the electric dipole moment of strange and charm baryons at LHC

FJ Botella, LM Garcia Martin, D Marangotto… - The European Physical …, 2017 - Springer
Permanent electric dipole moments (EDMs) of fundamental particles provide powerful
probes for physics beyond the Standard Model. We propose to search for the EDM of …

Channeling and volume reflection of high-energy charged particles in short bent crystals. Crystal assisted collimation of the accelerator beam halo

W Scandale, AM Taratin - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
The experimental studies of high-energy charged particle deflection due to planar and axial
channeling as well as volume reflection and multi volume reflections in short bent crystals at …

First observation of ion beam channeling in bent crystals at multi-TeV energies

S Redaelli, M Butcher, C Barreto, R Losito… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
Planar channeling in bent crystals has been observed in LHC with multi-TeV proton beam in
2015. Two crystals, mounted on novel high-accuracy goniometers (one in the horizontal and …

Electromagnetic dipole moments of charged baryons with bent crystals at the LHC

E Bagli, L Bandiera, G Cavoto, V Guidi, L Henry… - The European Physical …, 2017 - Springer
We propose a unique program of measurements of electric and magnetic dipole moments of
charm, beauty and strange charged baryons at the LHC, based on the phenomenon of spin …