ALICE Detector

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf particle physics experiment
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:A_Large_Ion_Collider_Experiment
gptkbp:collaboratesWith over 40 countries
over 1800 scientists
gptkbp:collaborationEstablished 1993
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 2000
gptkbp:dataTakingPeriods Run 2 (2015-2018)
Run 3 (2022-present)
Run 1 (2009-2013)
gptkbp:designedFor study of heavy-ion collisions
gptkbp:detects charged particles
neutral particles
gptkbp:firstDataTaken 2009
gptkbp:format gptkb:ROOT
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:A_Large_Ion_Collider_Experiment
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:CERN_member_states
gptkbp:goal study quark-gluon plasma
gptkbp:height 16 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ALICE Detector
gptkbp:length 26 meters
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:CERN
gptkbp:location Point 2, LHC, CERN
gptkbp:mass about 10,000 tons
gptkbp:notableFinds jet quenching
strangeness enhancement
collective flow in heavy-ion collisions
evidence of quark-gluon plasma
gptkbp:notableRelease ALICE Fast Interaction Trigger
ALICE ITS Upgrade (2019-2021)
ALICE Muon Forward Tracker
ALICE TPC Upgrade (2019-2021)
gptkbp:notableSpeaker gptkb:Luciano_Musa
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:ALICE_Collaboration
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Large_Hadron_Collider
gptkbp:range up to 5.02 TeV per nucleon pair
gptkbp:readoutRate up to 50 kHz (after upgrades)
gptkbp:studies lead-lead collisions
proton-lead collisions
proton-proton collisions
gptkbp:uses gptkb:Photon_Spectrometer
gptkb:Time-Of-Flight_Detector
gptkb:Transition_Radiation_Detector
gptkb:VZERO_Detector
gptkb:Electromagnetic_Calorimeter
gptkb:Inner_Tracking_System
gptkb:Muon_Spectrometer
gptkb:Time_Projection_Chamber
gptkbp:website https://alice.cern
gptkbp:width 16 meters
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ATLAS_Detector
gptkb:Electromagnetic_Calorimeters
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7