Status and initial operation of ALICE
Instrumentation and Detectors
2019-08-13 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
After close to 20 years of preparation, the dedicated heavy ion experiment ALICE took first data with proton collisions at the LHC at the end of 2009. This article recalls the main design choices made for the detector and summarizes initial operation and performance of ALICE at the LHC; first physics results are covered elsewhere in these proceedings.
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@article{arxiv.1012.4348,
title = {Status and initial operation of ALICE},
author = {Jurgen Schukraft},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.4348},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
To appear in proceedings of 'Physics at the LHC 2010' Desy, Hamburg, Germany 7-12 June 2010