ALICE

ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is a detector on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. It is specialized to detect quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter thought to have formed just after the big bang.

86 results

ALICE takes the next step in understanding the interaction between hadrons

The ALICE collaboration has for the first time observed the residual strong interaction between protons and phi mesons

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Physics
17 November, 2021

ALICE is “FIT” for Run 3 after last new subdetector installation

The Fast Interaction Trigger is the final piece of the puzzle of ALICE’s LS2 subdetector installations

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Experiments
06 July, 2021

ALICE finds that charm hadronisation differs at the LHC

New measurements by the ALICE collaboration show that the way charm quarks form hadrons in proton-proton collisions differs significantly from expectations based on electron collider measurements

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Physics
10 June, 2021

LS2 Report: An upgraded Inner Tracking System joins the ALICE detector

The two barrels of the largest pixel detector ever built have been successfully lowered into the cavern and stand ready for commissioning

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Experiments
26 May, 2021

Crystal Clear, 30 years on

The Crystal Clear collaboration is celebrating its 30th anniversary this April – an opportunity to retrace an unusual journey

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Experiments
28 April, 2021
Experiments
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28 April, 2021

ALICE takes leap forward with major new installation

The upgraded Muon Forward Tracker, one of ALICE’s main subdetectors, was installed in the cavern in December

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Accelerators
11 January, 2021
Accelerators
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11 January, 2021

ALICE opens avenue for high-precision studies of the strong force

The collaboration shows how proton–proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider can reveal the strong interaction between composite particles called hadrons

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Physics
09 December, 2020

Reinstalling the revamped ALICE Miniframe

The upgraded ALICE Miniframe was reinstalled in the experimental cavern in November

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Experiments
08 December, 2020
Experiments
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08 December, 2020

ALICE honours its thesis award winners

Fabrizio Grosa and Arild Velure are the young laureates of the 2020 award

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Experiments
09 October, 2020
Experiments
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09 October, 2020

The ALICE TPC is upgraded

The refurbished detector was lowered into the ALICE cavern and installed in the experiment in August

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Experiments
01 September, 2020
Experiments
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01 September, 2020