Heavy-flavour and quarkonium production in the LHC era: from proton–proton to heavy-ion collisions

A Andronic, F Arleo, R Arnaldi, A Beraudo… - The European Physical …, 2016 - Springer
This report reviews the study of open heavy-flavour and quarkonium production in high-
energy hadronic collisions, as tools to investigate fundamental aspects of Quantum …

The interaction of relativistic particles with strong crystalline fields

UI Uggerhøj - Reviews of modern physics, 2005 - APS
Crystals present a uniquely simple environment for the investigation of strong
electromagnetic fields. When energetic charged particles are incident on crystals close to …

Physics opportunities of a fixed-target experiment using LHC beams

SJ Brodsky, F Fleuret, C Hadjidakis, JP Lansberg - Physics Reports, 2013 - Elsevier
We outline the many physics opportunities offered by a multi-purpose fixed-target
experiment using the proton and lead–ion beams of the LHC extracted by a bent crystal. In a …

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 …

Steering of a sub-GeV electron beam through planar channeling enhanced by rechanneling

A Mazzolari, E Bagli, L Bandiera, V Guidi, H Backe… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
We report the observation of efficient steering of a 855 MeV electron beam at MAMI (MAinzer
MIkrotron) facilities by means of planar channeling and volume reflection in a bent silicon …

[BOOK][B] Channeling and radiation in periodically bent crystals

AV Korol, AV Solov'yov, W Greiner - 2014 - Springer
Development of coherent radiation sources for a wavelength ‚below 1 angstrom (ie, in the
hard X-ray and gamma ray ranges) is a challenging goal of modern physics. Sub-angstrom …

Testing strong field QED close to the fully nonperturbative regime using aligned crystals

A Di Piazza, TN Wistisen, M Tamburini, UI Uggerhøj - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
Processes occurring in the strong field regime of QED are characterized by background
electromagnetic fields of the order of the critical field F cr= m 2 c 3/ℏ| e| in the rest frame of …

[HTML][HTML] Double-quarkonium production at a fixed-target experiment at the LHC (AFTER@ LHC)

JP Lansberg, HS Shao - Nuclear Physics B, 2015 - Elsevier
We present predictions for double-quarkonium production in the kinematical region relevant
for the proposed fixed-target experiment using the LHC beams (dubbed as AFTER@ LHC) …

Heavy ions at the future circular collider

A Dainese, UA Wiedemann, N Armesto… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2016 - arxiv.org
The Future Circular Collider (FCC) Study is aimed at assessing the physics potential and the
technical feasibility of a new collider with centre-of-mass energies, in the hadron-hadron …

Feasibility Studies for Quarkonium Production at a Fixed‐Target Experiment Using the LHC Proton and Lead Beams (AFTER@ LHC)

L Massacrier, B Trzeciak, F Fleuret… - Advances in High …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Being used in the fixed‐target mode, the multi‐TeV LHC proton and lead beams allow for
studies of heavy‐flavour hadroproduction with unprecedented precision at backward …