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Electron-ion physics with the LHeC
Hannu PaukkunenNéstor ArmestoIlkka Heleniussubject
PhysicsParticle physicsLarge Hadron ColliderProton010308 nuclear & particles physicsHadronFOS: Physical sciencesPartonElectronInelastic scatteringDeep inelastic scattering01 natural scienceslaw.inventionNuclear physicsHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)lawelectron-ion physics0103 physical sciencesLHeCLarge Hadron Electron Collider project010306 general physicsColliderNuclear Experimentdescription
The Large Hadron Electron Collider (LHeC) project is the proposal to use the existing LHC proton/ion beams and construct a new electron beam line to perform high-energy electron-proton/ion collisions. In this talk, we consider some of the physics topics that could be studied in the electron-ion mode. In particular, we estimate how much the current nuclear parton distribution fits could be improved with the deeply inelastic scattering measurements at the LHeC by including pseudodata into a global analysis. In addition, we discuss briefly other topics that would help to better understand some aspects of heavy-ion collisions, namely small-$x$ physics and hadron production with a nuclear target.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-09 |