Friday 24 October, 11.00h, at the Veltman Centre at Nikhef
Speaker: Patrick Robbe (IJCLab Orsay)
Title: “The LHCb Heavy Ion physics program with the upgraded detectors”
Abstract:
The LHCb experiment initiated an heavy ion physics program at the end of the Run 1 of the LHC, using collisions with the LHC ion beams but also with a gas fixed target install in the collision region.
Since then, many progresses were made and the potential of the experiment for Heavy Ion physics is still improving.
A second upgrade (Upgrade II) of the detector is planned for the Run 5 of the LHC (starting in 2036) to run at higher luminosities than currently. The LHCb Heavy Ion physics program will also benefit a lot from the improvements of the detectors needed for Upgrade II.
I will present the challenges to overcome in the detector and software design for LHCb Upgrade II and the potential of the future experiment for the Heavy Ion physics program.
This colloquium will be hybrid:
