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A review is given on photon-hadron and photon-photon collisions in the ALICE experiment. The physics motivation for studying such reactions is outlined, and the results obtained in proton-lead and lead-lead collisions in Run 1 of the LHC…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-10-28 R. Schicker

The ALICE experiment is equipped with a wide range of detectors providing excellent tracking and particle identification in the central region, as well as forward detectors with extended pseudorapidity coverage, which are well suited for…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-12-24 Sergey Evdokimov

The silicon pixel detector of the ALICE experiment at LHC comprises the two innermost layers of the inner tracking system of the apparatus. It contains 1200 readout chips, each of them corresponding to a 8192 pixel matrix. The single chip…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Elia , G. Aglieri Rinella , A. Kluge , M. Krivda , M. Nicassio

Deconfined strongly interacting QCD matter is produced in the laboratory at the highest energy densities in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC. A selection of recent results from ALICE is presented, spanning observables from the soft sector…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-06-07 Francesco Noferini

ALICE is the dedicated heavy ion experiment at the LHC at CERN and records lead-lead collisions at a rate of up to 50 kHz. The detector with the highest data rate of up to 3.4 TB/s is the TPC. ALICE performs the full online TPC processing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-24 David Rohr

A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) is one of the four major experiments conducted at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The ALICE detector is currently undergoing an upgrade for the upcoming Run 3 at the LHC. The new Inner Tracking…

ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is the heavy-ion detector designed to study the strongly interacting state of matter realized in relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A major upgrade of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Pascal Boeschoten , Filippo Costa

The upgrade of the ALICE TPC will allow the experiment to cope with the high interaction rates foreseen for the forthcoming Run 3 and Run 4 at the CERN LHC. In this article, we describe the design of new readout chambers and front-end…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-26 J. Adolfsson , M. Ahmed , S. Aiola , J. Alme , T. Alt , W. Amend , F. Anastasopoulos , C. Andrei , M. Angelsmark , V. Anguelov , A. Anjam , H. Appelshäuser , V. Aprodu , O. Arnold , M. Arslandok , D. Baitinger , M. Ball , G. G. Barnaföldi , E. Bartsch , P. Becht , R. Bellwied , A. Berdnikova , M. Berger , N. Bialas , P. Bialas , S. Biswas , B. Blidaru , L. Boldizsár , L. Bratrud , P. Braun-Munzinger , M. Bregant , C. L. Britton , S. Brucker , E. J. Brücken , H. Büsching , R. Soto Camacho , A. L. Campos , G. Caragheorgheopol , D. D. Carvalho , A. J. Castro , P. Chatzidaki , P. Christiansen , L. G. Clonts , T. M. Cormier , A. L. D. Couto , H. G. A. Cubas , A. Deisting , P. Dhankher , S. Dittrich , V. Duta , R. Ehlers , M. Engel , M. N. Ericson , N. B. Ezell , L. Fabbietti , F. Flor , G. Föhner , U. Frankenfeld , E. Futo , J. J. Gaardhøje , M. G. Munhoz , C. Garabatos , P. Gasik , T. Geiger , Á. Gera , P. Glässel , D. J. Q. Goh , O. Grachov , A. Grein , M. Gul , T. Gunji , M. Habib , H. Hamagaki , G. Hamar , J. C. Hansen , A. Harlenderova , J. W. Harris , S. Hassan , P. Hauer , S. Hayashi , S. T. Heckel , J. Hehner , J. K. Heino , E. Hellbär , H. Helstrup , A. Herghelegiu , L. Hernandes da Costa Porto , R. A. Hernandez , H. D. Hernandez Herrera , T. Herold , T. E. Hilden , B. Hohlweger , S. Hornung , C. Hughes , S. Hummel , M. Ivanov , J. Jung , M. Jung , D. Just , E. Kangasaho , L. Karayan , B. Ketzer , S. Kirsch , M. Kleiner , T. Klemenz , S. Klewin , A. G. Knospe , E. Koskinen , M. Kowalski , L. Kreis , M. Krüger , N. Kupfer , R. Lang , L. Lautner , M. Lesch , Y. Lesenechal , F. Liebske , C. Lippmann , V. Litichevskyi , M. Ljunggren , W. J. Llope , S. Mahmood , T. Mahmoud , R. D. Majka , C. Markert , J. Martinez , T. A. Martins , S. Masciocchi , A. Mathis , O. Matonoha , Y. Matsuyama , A. Matyja , M. Meres , D. L. Mihaylov , D. Miśkowiec , T. Mittelstaedt , L. S. Montali , D. M. Moraes , C. Mordasini , T. Morhardt , S. Muley , J. Mulligan , R. H. Munzer , H. Murakami , K. Münning , A. Nassirpour , H. Natal da Luz , C. Nattrass , R. A. Negrao De Oliveira , H. G. Neves , B. S. Nielsen , W. A. V. Noije , M. Ogino , A. C. Oliveira Da Silva , A. Oskarsson , J. Ottnad , K. Oyama , A. Önnerstad , L. Österman , A. A. Pabon , Y. Pachmayer , G. Paić , J. Parkkila , S. Pathak , R. N. Patra , V. Peskov , M. Petris , M. Petrovici , M. Planinic , F. Pompei , L. Prodan , A. Radu , L. Radulescu , J. Rak , J. Rasson , V. Ratza , K. F. Read , A. Rehman , R. Renfordt , K. Røed , D. Röhrich , E. Rubio , T. Rudzki , A. Rusu , M. Saleh , B. C. S. Sanches , J. Schambach , S. Scheid , C. Schmidt , A. Schmier , H. Schulte , K. Schweda , D. Sekihata , N. Shimizu , S. Siebig , R. W. D. Silva , D. Silvermyr , D. Simpson , B. Sitar , N. Smirnov , T. Snellman , H. K. Soltveit , S. P. Sorensen , F. Sozzi , J. Stachel , A. Szabo , L. Šerkšnytė , Y. Takeuchi , G. Tambave , Y. Tanaka , K. Terasaki , R. J. Turpeinen , K. Ullaland , B. Ulukutlu , E. Umaka , A. Utrobicic , D. Varga , A. Vargas , M. Vargyas , R. Varma , O. Vazquez Rueda , A. Velure , S. Vereschagin , S. Vergara Limón , L. Vergara Urrutia , O. Vorbach , B. Voss , D. Vranic , R. J. Warmack , T. O. Weber , C. Weidlich , J. Wiechula , B. Windelband , S. Winkler , W. Witt

The ALICE experiment at the LHC has collected data in proton-proton (pp) collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 0.9, 2.76, 7 and 8 TeV, in lead-lead (Pb--Pb) collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV and in proton-lead (p-Pb) collisions at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-21 Roberto Preghenella

ALICE at CERN-LHC is an experiment dedicated to the study of high-energy heavy-ion collision. In this paper we will briefly describe the experimental layout and give an overview on the installation status of the ALICE detector components…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 H. R. Schmidt

ALICE is an LHC experiment devoted to the study of strongly interacting matter in proton-proton, proton--nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions at ultra-relativistic energies. The ALICE VZERO system, made of two scintillator arrays at…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-09-24 ALICE Collaboration

A precise and efficient tracking is one of the critical components of the CMS physics program as it impacts the ability to reconstruct the physics objects needed to understand proton-proton collisions at the LHC. The CMS detector has…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-12-14 Walaa Elmetenawee

The ALICE experiment has unique capabilities for particle identification at mid rapidity over a wide range of transverse momenta, making it an ideal tool for comprehensive measurements of hadrons such as charged pions, kaons, and protons as…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Tuva Richert

Ultra-peripheral collisions (UPC) are events characterised by large impact parameters between the two projectiles, larger than the sum of their radii. In UPCs, the protons and ions accelerated by the LHC do not interact via the strong…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-12-05 Simone Ragoni

The upgrade of the Inner Tracking System (ITS) of ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) will extend measurements of heavy-flavour hadrons and low-mass dileptons to a lower transverse momentum than currently achieved and increase the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 James Philip Iddon

This article presents recent measurements by the ALICE Collaboration in proton--oxygen (pO), oxygen--oxygen (OO), and neon--neon (Ne--Ne) collisions delivered by the LHC in July 2025. Measurements of the primary charged-particle…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-04-09 Abhi Modak

The ALICE experiment has several unique features which makes it an important contributor to proton-proton physics at the LHC, in addition to its specific design goal of studying the physics of strongly interacting matter in heavy-ion…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Tapan K. Nayak

In LHC Run 3, ALICE will increase the data taking rate significantly to 50\,kHz continuous read out of minimum bias Pb-Pb events. This challenges the online and offline computing infrastructure, requiring to process 50 times as many events…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-09-05 David Rohr

The ALICE detector has been commissioned and is ready for taking data at the Large Hadron Collider. The first proton-proton collisions are expected in 2009. This contribution describes the current status of the detector, the results of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-18 P. G. Kuijer

The ALICE experiment at the LHC has collected wealthy data in proton-proton and lead-lead collisions. An overview of recent ALICE results is given in this paper. Hadron spectra measured in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=0.9$, 2.76 and 7 TeV are…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Yuri Kharlov