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The ALICE detector has excellent Particle IDentification (PID) capabilities in the central barrel ($\lvert \eta \rvert <$ 0.9). This allows identified hadron production to be measured over a wide transverse momentum ($p_{\rm{T}}$) range,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-05-24 Raúl Tonatiuh Jiménez Bustamante

Thanks to its unique capabilities the ALICE experiment can measure the production of identified particles and resonances over a wide momentum range both in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC. In this report, particle-identification…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Roberto Preghenella

In the forward end-cap of the Belle II spectrometer, particle identification is provided by a proximity focusing RICH detector with an aerogel radiator (ARICH). The ARICH's primary function is to effectively distinguish between pions and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-08-09 Luka Santelj

The ALICE experiment is a dedicated heavy ion physics detector at the LHC with unique capabilities for studying identified particle production. In this proceeding preliminary results for RAA for pi and K+p (sum), are reported, based on…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-21 Peter Christiansen

ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is one of the seven experiments at the the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. ALICE is especially designed for heavy-ion collisions but it also operates a rich proton-proton…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Eva Sicking

A large Time Projection Chamber is the main device for tracking and charged-particle identification in the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC. After the second long shutdown in 2019/20, the LHC will deliver Pb beams colliding at an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-16 M. M. Aggarwal , Z. Ahammed , S. Aiola , J. Alme , T. Alt , W. Amend , A. Andronic , V. Anguelov , H. Appelshäuser , M. Arslandok , R. Averbeck , M. Ball , G. G. Barnaföldi , E. Bartsch , R. Bellwied , G. Bencedi , M. Berger , N. Bialas , P. Bialas , L. Bianchi , S. Biswas , L. Boldizsár , L. Bratrud , P. Braun-Munzinger , M. Bregant , C. L. Britton , E. J. Brucken , H. Caines , A. J. Castro , S. Chattopadhyay , P. Christiansen , L. G. Clonts , T. M. Cormier , S. Das , S. Dash , A. Deisting , S. Dittrich , A. K. Dubey , R. Ehlers , M. Engel , F. Erhardt , N. B. Ezell , L. Fabbietti , U. Frankenfeld , J. J. Gaardhøje , C. Garabatos , P. Gasik , Á. Gera , P. Ghosh , S. K. Ghosh , P. Glässel , O. Grachov , A. Grein , T. Gunji , H. Hamagaki , G. Hamar , J. W. Harris , P. Hauer , J. Hehner , E. Hellbär , H. Helstrup , T. E. Hilden , B. Hohlweger , M. Ivanov , M. Jung , D. Just , E. Kangasaho , R. Keidel , B. Ketzer , S. A. Khan , S. Kirsch , T. Klemenz , S. Klewin , A. G. Knospe , M. Kowalski , L. Kumar , R. Lang , R. Langoy , L. Lautner , F. Liebske , J. Lien , C. Lippmann , H. M. Ljunggren , W. J. Llope , S. Mahmood , T. Mahmoud , R. Majka , P. Malzacher , A. Marín , C. Markert , S. Masciocchi , A. Mathis , A. Matyja , M. Meres , D. L. Mihaylov , D. Miskowiec , J. Mitra , T. Mittelstaedt , T. Morhardt , J. Mulligan , R. H. Munzer , K. Münning , M. G. Munhoz , S. Muhuri , H. Murakami , B. K. Nandi , H. Natal da Luz , C. Nattrass , T. K. Nayak , R. A. Negrao De Oliveira , M. Nicassio , B. S. Nielsen , L. Oláh , A. Oskarsson , J. Otwinowski , K. Oyama , G. Paić , R. N. Patra , V. Peskov , M. Pikna , L. Pinsky , M. Planinic , M. G. Poghosyan , N. Poljak , F. Pompei , S. K. Prasad , C. A. Pruneau , J. Putschke , S. Raha , J. Rak , J. Rasson , V. Ratza , K. F. Read , A. Rehman , R. Renfordt , T. Richert , K. Røed , D. Röhrich , T. Rudzki , R. Sahoo , S. Sahoo , P. K. Sahu , J. Saini , B. Schaefer , J. Schambach , S. Scheid , C. Schmidt , H. R. Schmidt , N. V Schmidt , H. Schulte , K. Schweda , I. Selyuzhenkov , N. Sharma , D. Silvermyr , R. N. Singaraju , B. Sitar , N. Smirnov , S. P. Sorensen , F. Sozzi , J. Stachel , E. Stenlund , P. Strmen , I. Szarka , G. Tambave , K. Terasaki , A. Timmins , K. Ullaland , A. Utrobicic , D. Varga , R. Varma , A. Velure , V. Vislavicius , S. Voloshin , B. Voss , D. Vranic , J. Wiechula , S. Winkler , J. Wikne , B. Windelband , C. Zhao

The ALICE experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a multi-purpose particle detector, mainly focused on the study of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) in heavy-ion collisions. In the forward rapidity region, 2.5 $<$ y $<$ 4, ALICE is…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2024-11-04 Luca Quaglia , ALICE collaboration

ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) experiment devoted to investigating the strongly interacting matter created in nucleus-nucleus collisions at the LHC energies. The ALICE ITS, Inner Tracking System,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-02 ALICE Collaboration

The very high momentum particle identification detector proposed for the ALICE upgrade is a focusing RICH using a C4F10 gaseous radiator. For the detection of Cherenkov photons, one of the options currently under investigation is to use a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-09-14 A. Breskin , V. Peskov , A. Di Mauro , P. Martineng , D. Mayani Paras , L. Molnar , E. Nappi , G. Paic , J. van Hoorne

A dedicated R\&D is ongoing for the charged particle identification system of the \mbox{ALICE 3} experiment proposed for the LHC Run 5 and beyond. One of the subsystems for the high-energy charged particle identification will be a…

Identified particle spectra represent a crucial tool to understand the behavior of the matter created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. The transverse momentum p_T distributions of identified hadrons contain informations about the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Leonardo Milano

Hadrons measured in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 0.9 and 7 TeV with the ALICE detector have been identified using various techniques: the specific energy loss and the time-of flight information for charged pions, kaons and protons,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 H. Oeschler

The pseudorapidity density and multiplicity distributions of charged particles have been the first measurements carried out with the ALICE detector at the LHC. After an introduction on the experiment and some details on the subdetectors…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-03-02 Domenico Elia

Particle identification (PID) is a fundamental aspect of the ALICE detector system, central to its heavy-ion and proton-proton physics programs. Among the different PID strategies, ALICE uses the Time-Of-Flight (TOF) detector to identify…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-14 ALICE Collaboration

The ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) proposes major detector upgrades to fully exploit the increase of the luminosity of the LHC in RUN~3 and to extend the physics reach for rare probes at low transverse momentum. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 Taku Gunji

ALICE is one of the four experiments at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) specifically designed to study nuclear matter at extreme conditions of temperature and pressure. The LHC Run 3 started officially in July 2022 with proton-proton…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-02 Ivan Ravasenga

We report the first measurement of charged pion, kaon and (anti-)proton production in jets from hadron colliders. The measurement was carried out with the ALICE detector using $2\times10^8$ minimum bias pp collisions at a centre-of-mass…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-22 Xianguo Lu

We have developed a new type of particle identification device, called an Aerogel Ring Imaging Cherenkov (ARICH) counter, for the Belle II experiment. It uses silica aerogel tiles as Cherenkov radiators. For detection of Cherenkov photons,…

The ALICE experiment at LHC studies the strong interaction sector of the Standard Model with pp, pA and AA collisions. Within the scope of the physics program, measurements of photons, neutral mesons and jets in ALICE are performed by two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-11 Yuri Kharlov