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HK: Fachverband Hadronen und Kerne

HK 44: Plenary VI

HK 44.2: Invited Plenary Talk

Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 11:45–12:30, Audi-Max

ALICE at the dawn of LHC — •Kai Schweda — Physikalisches Institut, University of Heidelberg, Germany

A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) will study QCD-matter under extreme conditions of temperature and energy density. The current status of the experiment, its instrumentation and performance capabilities are presented. The ALICE physics potential is highlighted by discussing a few selected measurements scheduled for first proton collisions expected in the second half of 2009 and subsequent collisions of lead nuclei at LHC.