Near-Threshold Production of W ± , Z 0 , and H 0 at a Fixed-Target Experiment at the Future Ultrahigh-Energy Proton Colliders

Abstract EN

We outline the opportunities to study the production of the Standard Model bosons, W ± , Z 0 , and H 0 , at “low” energies at fixed-target experiments based on possible future ultrahigh-energy proton colliders, that is, the High-Energy LHC, the Super proton-proton Collider, and the Future Circular Collider hadron-hadron.

These can be indeed made in conjunction with the proposed future colliders designed to reach up to s = 100 TeV by using bent crystals to extract part of the halo of the beam which would then impinge on a fixed target.

Without disturbing the collider operation, this technique allows for the extraction of a substantial amount of particles in addition to serving for a beam-cleaning purpose.

With this method, high-luminosity fixed-target studies at centre-of-mass energies above the W ± , Z 0 , and H 0 masses, s ≃ 170 –300 GeV, are possible.

We also discuss the possibility offered by an internal gas target, which can also be used as luminosity monitor by studying the beam transverse shape.