A Large Ion Collider Experiment
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A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) is a major detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and quark–gluon plasma created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Large Ion Collider Experiment canonical | 3 |
| LHC heavy-ion physics programme | 2 |
| ALICE experiment at the LHC | 1 |
| ALICE heavy-ion experiment | 1 |
| ALICE heavy-ion experiment at the LHC | 1 |
| LHC heavy-ion program | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Large Ion Collider Experiment Context triple: [ALICE, fullName, A Large Ion Collider Experiment]
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High-Luminosity LHC
The High-Luminosity LHC is a major upgrade of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to significantly increase its collision rate and data output for more precise and rare particle physics measurements.
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LHCf
LHCf is a CERN experiment at the Large Hadron Collider that studies forward particles produced in proton–proton collisions to improve our understanding of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
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LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU)
The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) is a major CERN project to modernize and enhance the performance of the accelerator chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider, enabling higher beam intensities and luminosities for future physics runs.
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LHC injector chain
The LHC injector chain is the sequence of accelerators and beamlines at CERN that progressively boost and prepare particle beams before they are injected into the Large Hadron Collider.
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CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities
The CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities are the above-ground buildings and infrastructure that support and control the LHC’s particle physics experiments near Geneva.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Large Ion Collider Experiment Target entity description: A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) is a major detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and quark–gluon plasma created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.
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A.
High-Luminosity LHC
The High-Luminosity LHC is a major upgrade of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to significantly increase its collision rate and data output for more precise and rare particle physics measurements.
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B.
LHCf
LHCf is a CERN experiment at the Large Hadron Collider that studies forward particles produced in proton–proton collisions to improve our understanding of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
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C.
LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU)
The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) is a major CERN project to modernize and enhance the performance of the accelerator chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider, enabling higher beam intensities and luminosities for future physics runs.
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D.
LHC injector chain
The LHC injector chain is the sequence of accelerators and beamlines at CERN that progressively boost and prepare particle beams before they are injected into the Large Hadron Collider.
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E.
CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities
The CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities are the above-ground buildings and infrastructure that support and control the LHC’s particle physics experiments near Geneva.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Large Hadron Collider experiment
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detector ⓘ particle physics experiment ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ALICE ⓘ |
| collaborationCountries | over 30 countries ⓘ |
| collaborationSize | over 1000 scientists ⓘ |
| collisionEnergyRange | up to several TeV per nucleon pair ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dataTakingStartDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
high-multiplicity events
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lead–lead collisions ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
QCD at high energy density
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charm and beauty quarks in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ collective flow phenomena ⓘ hadronization processes ⓘ jet quenching ⓘ properties of quark–gluon plasma ⓘ quarkonia suppression and regeneration ⓘ strangeness enhancement ⓘ |
| governingBody | ALICE Collaboration Board ⓘ |
| hasSubsystem |
ALICE experiment
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surface form:
ALICE Diffractive detector
Electromagnetic Calorimeter ⓘ Forward Multiplicity Detector ⓘ Inner Tracking System ⓘ Muon Spectrometer ⓘ Photon Spectrometer ⓘ T0 detector ⓘ Time Projection Chamber ⓘ Time-Of-Flight detector ⓘ Transition Radiation Detector ⓘ V0 detector ⓘ Zero Degree Calorimeters ⓘ
surface form:
Zero Degree Calorimeter
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| hostOrganization | CERN ⓘ |
| locatedAt | Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
CERN
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Meyrin ⓘ
surface form:
Meyrin, Switzerland
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| operatesAt | LHC interaction point 2 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Large Hadron Collider
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surface form:
Large Hadron Collider program
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| primaryPurpose |
study quark–gluon plasma
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study strongly interacting matter ⓘ |
| studies |
heavy-ion collisions
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proton–nucleus collisions ⓘ proton–proton collisions ⓘ |
| technology |
ring-imaging Cherenkov detection (in TRD)
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silicon tracking detectors ⓘ time projection chamber gas detector ⓘ |
| upgradeProgram | Run 3 and Run 4 detector upgrades ⓘ |
| website | https://alice.cern ⓘ |
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Subject: A Large Ion Collider Experiment Description of subject: A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) is a major detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and quark–gluon plasma created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ALICE experiment at the LHC
this entity surface form:
LHC heavy-ion physics programme
this entity surface form:
LHC heavy-ion program
this entity surface form:
LHC heavy-ion physics programme
this entity surface form:
ALICE heavy-ion experiment
this entity surface form:
ALICE heavy-ion experiment at the LHC