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The STAR beam energy scan phase II physics and upgrades
- Source :
- Nuclear Physics A. 967:800-803
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2017.
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Abstract
- The second phase of the Beam Energy Scan at RHIC, BPS-II, is scheduled for 2019-2020 and will explore with precision measurements the high baryon density region of the QCD phase diagram. The program will examine the energy region of interest determined from the results of BES-I. Some of the key measurements anticipated are: the net-protons kurtosis that could pinpoint the position of a critical point, the directed flow that might prove a softening of the EOS, and the chiral restoration in the dilepton channel. The measurements will be possible with the order of magnitude better statistics provided by the electron cooling upgrade of RHIC and with the detector upgrades planned to extend STAR's experimental reach. The upgrades are: the inner TPC sectors (iTPC), the Event Plane Detector (EPD), and the end -cap TOF (eTOF). We present the BES-II program details and the physics opportunities enabled by these upgrades.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Particle physics
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Qcd phase diagram
Detector
01 natural sciences
law.invention
Nuclear physics
Upgrade
law
Critical point (thermodynamics)
Baryon density
0103 physical sciences
Detector Upgrade
High Energy Physics::Experiment
Physics Opportunity
Nuclear Experiment
010306 general physics
Bes-Ii
Qcd Phase Diagram
Beam energy
Order of magnitude
Electron cooling
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03759474
- Volume :
- 967
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nuclear Physics A
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e0f15bc81118c707fac56b51adfd8773
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2017.05.042