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Exploring QCD with Antiprotons. PANDA at FAIR M. Hoek on behalf of the PANDA Collaboration. IOP Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference 4-7 April 2011, University of Glasgow. Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). Confinement. Asymptotic Freedom. QCD. Exotic Forms of Matter.
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Exploring QCD with Antiprotons PANDA at FAIR M. Hoek on behalf of the PANDA Collaboration IOP Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference 4-7 April 2011, University of Glasgow
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) Confinement Asymptotic Freedom QCD Exotic Forms of Matter Degrees of Freedom
Physics at PANDA Non-perturbative QCD Hypernuclei Precision Hadron Spectroscopy Exotic States (Glueballs, Hybrids) In-MediumModifications NucleonStructure
Charmonium Spectroscopy Compare spin singlet and triplet states Mass difference important for potential models
Nucleon Structure Hard exclusive Meson production DVCS
Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research • Primary Beams • 238U28+ : 1012/s @ 1.5-2 AGeV; • 238U92+: 1010/s @ up to 35 AGeV • Protons : 2 x1013/s @ 30 GeV • 100-1000 x present intensity GSI • Secondary Beams • Broad range of radioactive beams up to 1.5 - 2 AGeV • up to 10 000 x present intensity • Antiprotons 0 - 15 GeV • Storage & Cooler Rings • Radioactive beams • e-– A (or Antiproton-A) collider • 1011 stored and cooled antiprotons 1.5 - 15 GeV/c
High Energy Storage Ring Resonance Scan • Beam cooling • (stochastic & electrons) • Energy resolution ~50 keV • Beam momentum 1.5-15 GeV/c • Storage ring for internal target • Luminosity up to L~ 2x1032 cm-2s-1
PANDA Detector Forward Spectrometer Calorimeter Instrumented Yoke PID Central Tracker PID Target Forward Tracker Muon Range System Calorimeter Forward Tracker Beam Micro Vertex Detector Calorimeter Solenoid Magnet Dipole Magnet Target Spectrometer
Summary & Outlook • PANDA will be a versatile QCD experiment: • Large acceptance and double spectrometer • Tracking and vertexing capabilities • Particle identification and calorimetry • Flexible data acquisition & trigger • Novel techniques in detector and readout design
PANDA Collaboration About 420 physicists from 53 institutions in 16 countries U & INFN Ferrara U Frankfurt LNF-INFN Frascati U & INFN Genova U Glasgow U Gießen KVI Groningen IKP Jülich I + II U Katowice IMP Lanzhou U Lund U Mainz U Minsk ITEP Moscow MPEI Moscow TU München U Münster BINP Novosibirsk IPN Orsay U & INFN Pavia IHEP Protvino PNPI Gatchina U of Silesia U Stockholm KTH Stockholm U & INFN Torino Politecnicodi Torino U Piemonte Orientale, Torino U & INFN Trieste U Tübingen TSL Uppsala U Uppsala U Valencia SMI Vienna SINS Warsaw TU Warsaw U Basel IHEP Beijing U Bochum IIT Bombay U Bonn IFIN-HH Bucharest U & INFN Brescia U & INFN Catania JU Cracow TU Cracow IFJ PAN Cracow GSI Darmstadt TU Dresden JINR Dubna (LIT,LPP,VBLHE) U Edinburgh U Erlangen NWU Evanston