Published April 21, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

ALICE: The Quest for 'Primordial' Matter

Creators

  • 1. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

ALICE - An LHC Ion Collider Experiment - is being prepared to study, in an optimized and dedicated approach, the physics of nuclear matter under extreme conditions of temperature and density. The LHC Ion programme is the logical sequel in the quest to study the novel form of matter, the Quark-Gluon Plasma, the form of matter believed to have existed in our Universe during the first microsecond after the Big Bang. The status of ALICE, its research programme and discovery potential are presented

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1006
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 78-83
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
UAE-CERN workshop on high energy physics and applications
Dates
26-28 Nov 2007
Place
Al Ain (United Arab Emirates)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40023117
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALICE; CERN LHC; COLLIDING BEAMS; DENSITY; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; IONS; NUCLEAR MATTER; POTENTIALS; QUARK MATTER; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BEAMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; MATTER; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES

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Notes
(c) 2008 American Institute of Physics