https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-026-02285-z
Regular Article
Measuring hard and electromagnetic probes of the high-
QGP: the NA60+/DiCE experiment
INFN Torino, Via Giuria 1, 10125, Turin, Italy
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Received:
11
November
2025
Accepted:
18
March
2026
Published online:
5
May
2026
Abstract
The energy range covered by heavy-ion collisions at the CERN SPS (
GeV) is ideal for the investigation of the region of the phase diagram corresponding to finite baryochemical potential (), and has been little explored up to now. A new experiment, NA60+/DiCE, has been recently proposed and aims at studying low-cross-section observables, performing a collision energy scan. The setup includes a vertex detector coupled to a muon spectrometer, for the measurement of electromagnetic and hard probes of the quark–gluon plasma. In particular, the study of the production of thermal dimuons and of the 
mixing will be carried out, together with measurements of open charm and charmonium production. It will be possible in this way to obtain a caloric curve of the QCD phase diagram, to study the restoration of the chiral symmetry of QCD, and to investigate the transport properties of the QGP and the onset of the deconfinement transition. In this contribution, the physics program of the experiment will be discussed, as well as the current planning for construction and data taking.
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