New physics searches with heavy-ion collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
| Title: | New physics searches with heavy-ion collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider |
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| Authors: | Bruce, Roderik; d'Enterria, David; de Roeck, Albert; Drewes, Marco; Farrar, Glennys R; Giammanco, Andrea; Gould, Oliver; Hajer, Jan; Harland-Lang, Lucian; Heisig, Jan |
| Publisher Information: | IOP Publishing |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Collection: | University of Nottingham: Repository@Nottingham |
| Description: | This document summarises proposed searches for new physics accessible in the heavy-ion mode at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), both through hadronic and ultraperipheral γγ interactions, and that have a competitive or, even, unique discovery potential compared to standard proton–proton collision studies. Illustrative examples include searches for new particles—such as axion-like pseudoscalars, radions, magnetic monopoles, new long-lived particles, dark photons, and sexaquarks as dark matter candidates—as well as new interactions, such as nonlinear or non-commutative QED extensions. We argue that such interesting possibilities constitute a well-justified scientific motivation, complementing standard quark-gluon-plasma physics studies, to continue running with ions at the LHC after the Run-4, i.e. beyond 2030, including light and intermediate-mass ion species, accumulating nucleon–nucleon integrated luminosities in the accessible fb−1 range per month. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6187509; J. Phys. G; Volume 47; Issue 6 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1361-6471/ab7ff7 |
| Availability: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ab7ff7; https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/file/6187509/1/Bruce%202020%20J.%20Phys.%20G%20%20Nucl.%20Part.%20Phys.%2047%20060501; https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6187509 |
| Rights: | openAccess ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.D9E0CFBA |
| Database: | BASE |