sPHENIX is a new detector at RHIC.

[John Lajoie <lajoie AT iastate.edu>]

Dear sPHENIX Collaborators:

    I have been asked to give a talk on sPHENIX at DIS2017(http://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/DIS2017/).  For this audience I want to not only describe the current status of sPHENIX but to highlight its potential to evolve on the road to the EIC.

    A draft abstract is listed below.  The abstract deadline is Jan 31st. Comments and suggestions are very welcome!

Regards,
John Lajoie

The sPHENIX Detector:  The Future of Heavy-Ion Collisions at RHIC, and a Foundation for an EIC Detector

The 2015 US Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan called for a state-of-the-art jet and upsilon detector at RHIC, called sPHENIX, to study the microscopic nature of the QGP, complementing similar studies at the CERN LHC. The sPHENIX detector will provide precision vertexing, tracking and full calorimetry over pseudorapidity |eta| < 1.1 and full azimuth at the full RHIC collision rate, delivering unprecedented data sets for jet and upsilon measurements at RHIC.  In the same Long Range Plan, an Electron-Ion Collider was recommended as the highest priority for future construction.  In this talk I will present an overview of the sPHENIX detector design, expected construction and running schedule, and planned physics program. I will highlight the possibility to complement sPHENIX with additional forward instrumentation for p+A physics and the potential to evolve sPHENIX into an e+A detector at a future EIC.

John Lajoie

Professor of Physics

Iowa State University

 

(515) 294-6952

lajoie AT iastate.edu

Contact me: john.lajoie

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