PANDA as midrapidity detector for a future HESR Collider at FAIR

The European Physical Journal A, vol. 56

Abstract

Abstract Exciting new scientific opportunities are presented for the PANDA detector at the High Energy Storage Ring in the redefined $$\overline{\text {p}} \text {p}(A)$$ p ¯ p ( A ) collider mode, HESR-C, at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Europe. The high luminosity, $$L \sim 10^{31}$$ L ∼ 10 31 cm $$^{-2}$$ - 2 s $$^{-1}$$ - 1 , and a wide range of intermediate and high energies, $$\sqrt{s_{\text {NN}}}$$ s NN up to 30 GeV for $$\overline{\text {p}} \text {p}(A)$$ p ¯ p ( A ) collisions will allow to explore a wide range of exciting topics in QCD, including the study of the production of excited open charm and bottom states, nuclear bound states containing heavy (anti)quarks, the interplay of hard and soft physics in the dilepton production, probing short-range correlations in nuclei, and the exploration of the early, complete $$\overline{\text {p}}$$ p ¯ -p- annihilation phase, where an initially pure Yang–Mills gluon plasma is formed.

Authors 9

1. L. Frankfurt

   Tel Aviv University

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   Sackler School of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

2. Mark I. Strikman

   Pennsylvania State University

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   Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

3. Alexei B. Larionov

   Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

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   Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Giessen, 35392, Giessen, Germany

4. A. Lehrach Aachen JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments)

   Forschungszentrum Jülich · Jülich Aachen Research Alliance · RWTH Aachen University

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   Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany

   JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, Jülich, Germany

5. Rudolf Maier Aachen JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments)

   Forschungszentrum Jülich · Jülich Aachen Research Alliance · RWTH Aachen University

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   Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany

   JARA-FAME (Forces and Matter Experiments), Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, Jülich, Germany

6. Hendrik van Hees corresponding

   Goethe University Frankfurt

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   Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

7. C. Spieles

   Goethe University Frankfurt

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   Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

8. Volodymyr Vovchenko

   Goethe University Frankfurt · Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies

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   Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Giersch Science Center, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

   Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

9. HORST STÖCKER

   Goethe University Frankfurt · GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research · Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies

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   Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Giersch Science Center, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

   GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291, Darmstadt, Germany

   Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany