Physics of Hot Partonic Matter at LHC-ALICE

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3455978· OSTI ID:21362142

Shigaki, K ^[1]

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1. Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)

The field of high energy nuclear physics has recently reached epoch making discoveries at the Relativistic Heavy Ton Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory, highlighted with that of new state of nuclear matter with partonic degrees of freedom. The ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN aims at comprehensive investigation and understanding of properties of the hot and dense partonic matter, as the only experiment dedicated to nucleus-nucleus collisions at the facility. Physics prospects at ALICE are reviewed including jet quenching as a probe of energy loss of quarks in the created medium, direct and thermal photons as vital probes of the thermal properties, and quarkonia as a beloved probe of color deconfinement, along with latest status of the detector systems including the high resolution electromagnetic calorimeter, PHOS, and a quick report from the first operation of LHC and ALICE in December, 2009.

• OSTI ID: 21362142
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1238; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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