Diffractive physics in ALICE

2008/12/11 by R. Schicker, Schicker, R.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0812.2176

7 pages, 6 fig, to appear in Proceedings of HERA-LHC workshop, may 26-30, 2008, CERN

arxiv created 2008/12/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

The ALICE experiment at the LHC is presented and a diffractive double gap trigger is described. Signatures of Pomeron and Odderon are discussed together with photoproduction of heavy quarks as a possible signature of gluon saturation.

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