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.

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Ladislav Sandor (1941–2019)

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At CERN
06 June, 2019
At CERN
Obituary
06 June, 2019

ALICE and LHCb upgrade their data centres

In autumn 2018 and spring 2019, new data-centre modules were installed and commissioned at the ALICE and LHCb sites (points 2 and 8 of the LHC)

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Computing
24 May, 2019

The subterranean ballet of ALICE

During the long shutdown of CERN’s accelerators, the ALICE experiment at the LHC is removing and refurbishing or replacing the majority of its detectors

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Experiments
19 March, 2019
Experiments
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19 March, 2019

Upgrading ALICE: What’s in store for the next two years?

Major internal improvements await the ALICE detector during CERN’s Long Shutdown 2 (LS2)

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Experiments
05 February, 2019
Experiments
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05 February, 2019

LHC report: make way for the heavy ions

The first collisions of lead nuclei mark the start of a new LHC heavy-ion run

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Accelerators
13 November, 2018
Accelerators
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13 November, 2018

A bumper crop of LHC results at Quark Matter 2018

The main LHC collaborations present a wealth of new results at this year’s Quark Matter conference

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Physics
18 May, 2018

ALICE images gallery

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Happy 25th birthday, ALICE!

A well-attended jubilee event, held at CERN on 21 March, celebrated 25 years of the ALICE collaboration

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Experiments
13 April, 2018
Experiments
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13 April, 2018

New permanent ALICE exhibition inaugurated

Located at ALICE’s experiment site, the exhibition is now open for guided tours

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Experiments
30 January, 2018
Experiments
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30 January, 2018

LHC experiments highlight 2017 results

On 15 December, the LHC experiments ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb reviewed their recent experimental results

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Experiments
19 December, 2017
Experiments
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19 December, 2017

Measuring the heaviest anti-nucleus observed so far

The ALICE collaboration has released the measurement of the integrated production yield in heavy-ion collisions the anti-alpha particle

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Experiments
05 December, 2017
Experiments
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05 December, 2017