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CASTOR: The ALICE forward detector for identification of Centauros and Strangelets in Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions at the LHC
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The physics motivation for a very forward detector for the ALICE heavy ion experiment at the CERN LHC is discussed. A phenomenological model describing the formation and decay of a Centauro fireball in nucleus-nucleus collisions is presented. The CASTOR detector which is aimed to measure the hadronic and photonic content of an interaction and to identify deeply penetrating objects in the very forward, baryon-rich phase space 5.6 < eta < 7.2 in an event-by-event mode is described. Results of simulations of the expected response of the calorimeter, and in particular to the passage of strangelets, are presented.
Comment: Presented at XXVIII Int. Symp. on Multiparticle Dynamics, Delphi, 6-11 Sept. 1998. 9 pages, 11 figures
Comment: Presented at XXVIII Int. Symp. on Multiparticle Dynamics, Delphi, 6-11 Sept. 1998. 9 pages, 11 figures