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A very high momentum particle identification detector

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A new detector concept has been investigated to extend the capabilities of heavy-ion collider experiments, represented here through the ALICE detector, in the high transverse momentum (p T region. The resulting Very High Momentum Particle Identification Detector (VHMPID) performs charged hadron identification on a track-by-track basis in the 5 GeV/c < p < 25 GeV/c momentum range and provides heavy-ion experiments with new opportunities to study parton-medium interactions at RHIC and LHC energies, where the creation of deconfined quark-gluon matter has been established. The detector is based on novel advances to the pressurized gaseous ring imaging Cherenkov (RICH) concept, which yield a very compact, high resolution addition to existing heavy-ion experiments. We conclude that in order for the device to yield statistically significant results not only for single particle measurements, but also for di-hadron and jet-tagged correlation studies, it has to cover contiguously up to 30% of a central barrel detector in radial direction. This will allow, for the first time, identified charged hadron measurements in jets. In this paper we summarize the physics motivations for such a device, as well as its conceptual design, layout, and integration into ALICE.

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  1. Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, USA

    K. Cossyleon, E. García-Solis & A. Harton

  2. Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

    L. Oláh & D. Varga

  3. Gangneung-Wonju National University, Dept. of Physics, Gangneung, South Korea

    D. W. Kim & J. S. Kim

  4. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

    R. T. Jimenez, D. Mayani, G. Paić, M. E. Patino & V. Peskov

  5. Pusan National University, Dept. of Physics, Pusan, South Korea

    J. Song, J. Yi & I. -K. Yoo

  6. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India

    S. Chattopadhyay, D. Das, K. Das, L. Das-Bose & T. Sinha

  7. Università degli Studi di Bari, Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica “M. Merlin” & INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy

    F. Barile, G. De Cataldo, D. Di Bari, E. Nappi, C. Pastore, I. Sgura & G. Volpe

  8. UNICAMP, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

    T. V. Acconcia, A. K. Dash & J. Takahashi

  9. University of Houston, Houston, USA

    R. Bellwied, D. D. Chinellato, S. P. Jayarathna, L. Pinsky, D. B. Piyarathna, A. Timmins & M. Weber

  10. Università di Salerno, Salerno, Italy

    F. Cindolo, S. D’Ambrosio, S. De Pasquale, G. Iannone & G. Patimo

  11. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    A. Knospe, C. Markert & L. Xaplanteris

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Acconcia, T.V., Agócs, A.G., Barile, F. et al. A very high momentum particle identification detector. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 129, 91 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2014-14091-5

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