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Prospects for very-high-statistics fixed-target charm

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I review the physical goals of an ultrahigh-statistics charm experiment and place them in the broader context of the community’s efforts to study the Standard Model and search for New Physics. Such an experiment presents a variety of technical challenges; some of these are noted. In addition, we will find it useful to review the status of existing, planned, and proposed heavy-flavor experiments.

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Sokoloff, M.D. Prospects for very-high-statistics fixed-target charm. Nuov Cim A 109, 1103–1110 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02823651

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