Published September 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Heavy-ion physics with the ATLAS detector

  • 1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russian Federation)

Description

The CERN LHC collider will operate with lead ions at #sqrt#s of 5.5 TeV/nucleon. The ATLAS detector, designed to study high-pT physics in the pp mode of the LHC, has the potential to study ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions in a full range of observables characterized extremely dense matter and the formation of a quark-gluon plasma. The ATLAS physics program includes global event measurements (particle multiplicities, transverse momentum), suppression of heavy-quarkonia production, jet quenching, and a study of ultraperipheral collisions.

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Journal Title
Physics of Atomic Nuclei
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1518-1522
ISSN
1063-7788
CODEN
PANUEO

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