Diffractive and photon induced physics is a research area with a remarkable discovery potential at the LHC. ALICE has started a program to exploit its unique capabilities to study the subject in both proton‐proton and heavy ion collisions. We discuss some aspects of a new sub‐detector for the ALICE experiment at the LHC. This detector would enhance the performance of ALICE to address some relevant topics on this matter. It consists of four stations of scintillator pads that would tag the diffractive gap more efficiently.

Topics
Scintillators, Heavy-ion collisions, Large Hadron Collider
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© 2011 American Institute of Physics.
2011
American Institute of Physics
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