The STAR Detector Upgrades and Electromagnetic Probes in Beam Energy Scan Phase II
Author(s) -
C. Yang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of modern physics conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2010-1945
DOI - 10.1142/s2010194518600091
Subject(s) - upgrade , physics , detector , nuclear physics , time projection chamber , photon , beam (structure) , phase (matter) , particle physics , electron , optics , computer science , quantum mechanics , operating system
The Beam Energy Scan Phase II at RHIC, BES-II, is scheduled from year 2019 to 2020 and will explore the high baryon density region of the QCD phase diagram with high precision. The program will focus on the interesting energy region determined from the results of BES-I. Some of the key measurements anticipated are the chiral symmetry restoration and QGP thermal radiation in the dilepton and direct photon channels. The measurements will be possible with an order of magnitude better statistics provided by the electron cooling upgrade of RHIC and with the detector upgrades planned to extend STAR experimental reach. The upgrades are: the inner Time Projection Chamber sectors (iTPC), the Event Plane Detector (EPD), and the end-cap Time of Flight (eTOF). We present the BES-II program details and the physics opportunities in the dilepton and direct photon channels enabled by the upgrades.
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