LHC Physics Potential vs. Energy: Considerations for the 2011 Run

[摘要] Parton luminosities are convenient for estimating how the physics potential of Large Hadron Collider experiments depends on the energy of the proton beams. I quantify the advantage of increasing the beam energy from 3.5 TeV to 4 TeV. I present parton luminosities, ratios of parton luminosities, and contours of fixed parton luminosity for gg, u {bar d}, qq, and gq interactions over the energy range relevant to the Large Hadron Collider, along with example analyses for specific processes. This note extends the analysis presented in Ref. [1]. Full-size figures are available as pdf files at lutece.fnal.gov/PartonLum11/.

[发布日期] 2011-02-01

[学科分类] 物理（综合）

[关键词] 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;ENERGY RANGE;HADRONS;LUMINOSITY;PHYSICS;PROTON BEAMS Experiment-HEP;Phenomenology-HEP