Tag: #ALICE
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Understanding the formation of fragile light nuclei with ALICE
Understanding the formation of fragile light nuclei with ALICE Light nuclei such as the deuteron are surprisingly fragile. A deuteron is bound by only a few mega-electronvolts, yet at the Large Hadron Collider it is produced in environments that are tens of trillions of degrees – about 100,000 times hotter than the centre of the
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ALICE Inner Tracking System is ready for data taking
ALICE Inner Tracking System is ready for data taking The new Inner Tracking System (ITS) of the ALICE detector was installed inside the Time Projection Chamber (TPC) in spring 2021. The new ITS consists of 7 layers of monolithic pixel sensors, named ALPIDE, tiled up on linear staves of different lengths as described in (ref
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Towards a FoCal for the ALICE experiment
Towards a FoCal for the ALICE experiment A new forward high-resolution calorimeter, called FoCal (Forward Calorimeter) is being planned [1,2] as one of the two upgrade projects for the ALICE experiment that are aiming for installation during the LS3 (2026-2028) for physics data taking in LHC Run-4 (2029-2032). The letter of Intent of FoCal [3]
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ALICE ITS3 clears major milestone
ALICE ITS3 clears major milestone With the R&D for the first truly cylindrical detectors based on ultra-thin, bent, wafer-scale monolithic silicon sensors, the ALICE collaboration aims at installing new vertex layers (“ITS3”) in LHC Long Shutdown 3. The envisioned setup comprises 6 Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS) of more than 20 cm lengths arranged in