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ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH i I Illlll !••!• II11 iiiP »'••! HB" •• "i" im'-' -- - *DE011795234* EXPERIMENTS AT CERN IN 1997 GENEVA ISSN 0259-093X NOVEMBER 1997 INiS-DE-0024 The picture on the cover page shows a central collision of a Lead projectile with a Lead nucleus as recorded by the four large volume Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) of the NA49 fixed target Experiment. The 150 GeV per nucleon 208Pb beam from the SPS (total energy 32.8 TeV), coming from the lower left in the picture, interacts with the target 80 cm in front of the first TPC. For momentum determination the first two TPCs are placed inside superconducting magnets of 1.5 and 1.1 T field strength. Over 80% of the 2000 charged particles created in central events produce tracks in the sensitive volume of the detectors. Their ionization drifts up to the readout chambers, shown as small rectangles, on the top of the detectors. A total of 182,000 readout pads record 512 time samples each of the drifting ionization. Space points, shown here is red, are reconstructed into tracks, purple, and matched over the different TPCs to global tracks, yellow, of up to 14 m length with an accuracy better than 200 microns. The specific ionization for long tracks is determined with better than 4% resolution, permitting particle identification in the relativistic rise. The aim of the experiment is to study the non-perturbative QCD processes leading to the production and decay of the large partonic systems formed in central Pb+Pb collisions, reaching energy densities of 20 times normal nuclear density for a brief instant of time. li INTRODUCTION This book summarises the current experimental programme at CERN. The experiments listed are taking place at one of the following machines: the Large Electron Positron Collider (LEP), the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), the 28 GeV Proton Synchrotron (PS), including the Antiproton Decelerator(AD) for slow antiprotons and the ISOLDE facility for short-lived ions. The three experiments now approved for installation at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the R&D projects aimed at the development of new defector technologies and data acquisition systems for the LHC experiments are also listed. ~ The experimental programme is established by the Director-General of CERN on the advice of the Research Board. The latter acts on recommendations made by the Experiment Committees which are the SPSC, the LEPC, the ISC and the LHCC. The composition of the Research Board and of the Experiment Committees as of 1st November 1997 is given in Tables 1-5. Schematic layouts of the experimental areas and of the beam lines at the different machines appear at the beginning of the report. Each experiment, with the exception of the LEP and LHC experiments, is identified by a code consisting of a few characters (denoting the machine and the area) and a serial number. For some experiments a mnemonic has been adopted to facilitate its identification. The 1997 schedules for the experiments at the accelerators are also included. For each experiment there is a brief description (usually with a figure) together with the list of the participants and of the collaborating institutes. The names of the scientific spokesman and contactman, the approval date(s) and references to the relevant Committee documents are also given. The status of the experiments (preparation/data taking/completed) and of the R&D projects (in progress/completed) corresponds to the situation at the end of 1997. The "completed" status means that data-taking has finished but since the analysis will still be going on, an experiment continues to appear in this book for another two years beyond the completion date. The list of experiments approved (or extended) since January 1994 with approval and completion dates can be found in the last pages, as well as the list of the Universities, Research Institutes, and Industrial Firms in alphabetical order by city (Table 1) and by country (Table 2). The complete list of experiments going back to 1974 (as appeared in earlier editions ) is still available on request. The information concerning experiments is provided by the teams themselves (Spokesmen and Contactmen), it is updated by them once a year and is given under their responsibility. This book is not an official CERN document; the Minutes of the Research Board and of the Experiment Committees are the appropriate official references. Mrs Maire Doran deserves all the credit for collecting and preparing the material for this year's book and since the work is to be taken over by others, it is also the moment to thank her warmly for the care and devotion she has given to all of the nine editions of the Grey Book which have been published since she was first asked to take charge of it's preparation. Until the new organisation for the Book has been put in place, requests for further information, for comments and for possible corrections should be sent to myself. Brian Powell. in CONTENTS INTRODUCTION iii Table 1. Membership of the Research Board 1 Table 2. Membership of the SPSC 2 Table 3. Membership of the LEPC 3 Table 4. Membership of the ISC 4 Table 5. Membership of the LHCC 5 List of SPS Beams North Area 6 West Area 7 Layout of SPS Experimental Areas 8 West Area 9 North Area 10 1997 SPS fixed Target Programme 11 1997 SPS Schedule 12 List of PS Beams East Area 13 Layout of PS Accelerator Complex 14 East Area 15 1997 PS Fixed Target Programme 16 1997 PS Complex Schedule 17 Layout of LEP Experiments 18 1997 LEP Schedule 19 Layout of ISOLDE Experimental Area 20 ISOLDE Beams 21 1997 ISOLDE Schedule 22 Current experiments listed in this book 23 Status of the SPS Programme 33 Status of the PS Programme 131 Status of the AD Programme 175 Status of the ISOLDE Programme 189 Status of the LEP Programme 309 Status of the LHC Programme 337 Status of the R&D Programme 377 List of all experiments approved since January 1994 461 List of all Participating Universities/Research 491 Institutes/Industrial Firms since 1974 IV TABLE 1 MembershiD of the Research Board (1997) CERN C.H. Llewellyn Smith (Chairman) Directorate L. Evans L.Foa K. Hiibner H. Wenninger Experiments Committees E. Iarocci (LHCC) B. D'Almagne (SPSC) P. Zerwas (LEPC) A. Richter (ISC) Leaders of the G. Goggi (PPE) Research & Accelerator D.J. Simon (PS) Divisions A. De Rujula (TH) K.-H. Kissler (SL) M. Turala (ECP) J.May (IT) J.P. Gourber (LHC) Outside Members C. Jarlskog (Univ. of Lund) R. Klanner (DESY Hamburg) Board Secretary Massimiliano Ferro-Luzzi Staff Association Observer S. Weisz The following Physics Co-ordinators are present during discussion of the relevant agenda points: Physics Co-ordinators P. Wells (LEP) E. Tsesmelis (PS/SPS) D. Forkel-Wirth (ISOLDE) TABLE 2 Membership of the SPS and PS Experiments Committee (1997) (SPSC) B. D'Almagne (Chairman) D. Drijard (Secretary) Members P. Bagnaia J.P. Blaizot W. Braunschweig M. Cavalli-Sforza B. Gavela K. Green J.-F. Grivaz K. Jakobs B. Koene K. Königsmann M. Pennington L. Ristori J. Stachel M. Tyndel G. Wilquet A. Zalewska Ex-off icio Members L. Foà G.Goggi P. Grafström K. Hübner D. Jacobs K.-H. Kissler R. Landua C.H. Llewellyn Smith M. Neubert J.-P. Riunaud D.J. Simon M. Turala H. Wenninger E. Tsesmelis (SPS and PS Co-ordinator) TABLE 3 Membership of the LEP Experiments Committee (1997) (LEPC) Zerwas, P. (Chairman) J. Kirkby (Secretary) Members S. Bethke J. Dainton J. Drees F. Gasparini Per. O. Hulth W. Lohrmann T. Lohse R. Marshall T. Müller S. Pokorski Y. Sirois I. Videau Ex-off icio Members L. Foà G. Goggi K. Hübner G. Kantardjian K.-H. Kissler C.H. Llewellyn Smith M. Mangano J.May S. Myers J. Panman M. Turala H. Wenninger P. Wells (LEP Co-ordinator) TABLE 4 Membership of the ISOLDE Committee (1997) (ISO A. Richter (Chairman) J. Eades (Secretary) Members C.A.J. Ammerlaan D.Fick W. Gelletly D.Habs G. Sletten F.-K. Thielemann Ex-off icio Members G. Bollen L. Foa G.Goggi K. Peach H. Ravn J.-P. Ruinaud C.H. Llewellyn Smith D. Simon D. Forkel-Wirth (ISOLDE Co-ordinator) TABLE 5 Membership of the LHC Experiments Committee (1997) LHCC E. Iarocci (Chairman) D.M. Sendall (Secretary) Members B. Adeva J. Carr J.J. Engelen A. Ereditato B. Foster D.L. Hartills M. Kasmann R.D. Kephart H. Kolanoski S. Komamiya M. Mazzucato N.A. McCubbin A.L. Read A. Rostovtsev A. Schwarz P. Sharp M. Spiro Ex-officio Members G. Altarelli L. Evans L. Foà G. Goggi C.H. Llewellyn Smith J.May K. Potter G. Rolandi M. Turala H. Wenninger E. Tsesmelis (SPS/PS Coordinator) LIST OF SPS BEAMS 1A. BEAMS IN THE NORTH AREA (Situation for 1997) Beam Maximum Intensity of beam for 1012 Beam name momentum incident protons at 450 GeV/c Type (GeV/c) H2 400 91077i+ at 200GeV/c 1) high energy hadron or 3107 n- at 200 GeV/c electron beam (also used ! 6 ± i 410 e at 150GeV/c as test beam); i -105 Pb at 158GeV/A * 2) heavy ion beam H4 375 ~ n+s] fluxes similar to H2 1) high energy hadron or e+ / electron beam; 450 ~107pat450GeV/c 2) attenuated primary proton beam; -5X106 Pbatl58GeV/A* 3) heavy ion beam H6 205 1 108 n+ at 150 GeV/c medium energy hadron or 4107 % at 150GeV/c electron beam, also used to produce tertiary test beams H8 450 -106 p at 450GeV/c 1) attenuated primary p or 2 108 n+ at 200 GeV/c high energy hadron or 7107 re' at 200GeV/c electron beam; also used for tertiary test beams ~106 Pb at 158 GeV/A * 2) heavy ion beam M2 225 2 107 n+ at +100 GeV/c high intensity (polarized) 3106 \T at -200GeV/c muonbeam P41/P61 450 <10npat450GeV/c primary beam, used to transport: 1) attenuated primary proton beam from T4/T6, <5 107Pbatl58GeV/A * 2) high intensity heavy ion beam via T6 to high intensity area ECN3 P42 450 1.51012pat450GeV/c primary beam from T4, used to 7 + K12 -^~110 K£ (>50GeV/c) produce simultaneous K° and Ksj 3.0107pat450GeV/c beam, (alternate with P41/P61).