Proposal for a High Energy Nuclear Database
We propose to develop a high-energy heavy-ion experimental database and make it accessible to the scientific community through an on-line interface. This database will be searchable and cross-indexed with relevant publications, including published detector descriptions. Since this database will be a community resource, it requires the high-energy nuclear physics community's financial and manpower support. This database should eventually contain all published data from Bevalac and AGS to RHIC to CERN-LHC energies, proton-proton to nucleus-nucleus collisions as well as other relevant systems, and all measured observables. Such a database would have tremendous scientific payoff as it makes systematic studies easier and allows simpler benchmarking of theoretical models to a broad range of old and new experiments. Furthermore, there is a growing need for compilations of high-energy nuclear data for applications including stockpile stewardship, technology development for inertial confinement fusion and target and source development for upcoming facilities such as the Next Linear Collider. To enhance the utility of this database, we propose periodically performing evaluations of the data and summarizing the results in topical reviews.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of NuclearPhysics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 860380
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-57381; R&D Project: NTCOST; BnR: KB0301020; TRN: US0504985
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 21st Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics,Breckenridge, CO, USA, Feb. 5-12, 2005
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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