Simple estimates of Rates etc.

Beam

Luminosity

Collision type

sigma

Rate

<t>/Int

Barn

c/sec

usec

pp

1.00E+31

Min Bias

0.04

400,000

3

OO

1.00E+29

Min Bias

1.1

110,000

9

1.00E+29

Central

0.1

10,000

100

SiSi

1.00E+28

Min Bias

1.7

17,000

59

1.00E+28

Central

0.2

2,000

500

I-I

3.00E+27

Min Bias

4.5

13,500

74

3.00E+27

Central

0.5

1,500

667

Au-Au

2.00E+26

Min Bias

6.1

1,220

820

2.00E+26

Central

0.6

120

8,333

Bunch Crossing is approx 108 nsec

57 bunches per beam