CASTOR: Centauro and Strange Object Research in nucleus-nucleus collisions at LHC

We describe the CASTOR detector designed to probe the very forward, baryon-rich rapidity region in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the LHC. We present a phenomenological model describing the formation of a QGP fireball in a high baryochemical potential environment, and its subsequent decay into baryon...

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Main Authors Angelis, A L S, Aslanoglou, X, Bartke, J, Chileev, K, Gladysz-Dziadus, E, Golubeva, M, Guber, F, Karavitcheva, T, Kharlov, Y V, Kurepin, A B, Mavromanolakis, G, Panagiotou, A D, Sadovsky, S A, Tiflov, V V, Wlodarczyk, Z
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LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 06.09.2002
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Baryons
Collisions
Computer simulation
Large Hadron Collider
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Summary:We describe the CASTOR detector designed to probe the very forward, baryon-rich rapidity region in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the LHC. We present a phenomenological model describing the formation of a QGP fireball in a high baryochemical potential environment, and its subsequent decay into baryons and strangelets. The model explains Centauros and the long-penetrating component and makes predictions for the LHC. Simulations of Centauro-type events were done. To study the response of the apparatus to new effects different exotic species (DCC, Centauros, strangelets etc.) were passed through the deep calorimeter. The energy deposition pattern in the calorimeter appears to be a new clear signature of the QGP.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0209008