ALICE experiment
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The ALICE experiment is a major detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to study quark–gluon plasma and the physics of heavy-ion collisions.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ALICE experiment Context triple: [CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities, associatedWith, ALICE experiment]
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NA61/SHINE
NA61/SHINE is a fixed-target experiment at CERN that studies hadron production and properties of strongly interacting matter using high-energy beams from the Super Proton Synchrotron.
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ATRAP experiment
The ATRAP experiment is a particle physics project at CERN dedicated to trapping and studying antihydrogen atoms and other antimatter systems to test fundamental symmetries and the properties of antimatter.
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ASACUSA experiment
The ASACUSA experiment is a CERN-based research project that studies the properties of antiprotons and antihydrogen to test fundamental symmetries in physics.
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CMS experiment
The CMS experiment is a major general-purpose particle physics detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to investigate a wide range of phenomena including the Higgs boson, dark matter candidates, and physics beyond the Standard Model.
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NA62
NA62 is a high-energy physics experiment at CERN designed primarily to study rare kaon decays and test the predictions of the Standard Model.
- 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: ALICE experiment Target entity description: The ALICE experiment is a major detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to study quark–gluon plasma and the physics of heavy-ion collisions.
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A.
NA61/SHINE
NA61/SHINE is a fixed-target experiment at CERN that studies hadron production and properties of strongly interacting matter using high-energy beams from the Super Proton Synchrotron.
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B.
ATRAP experiment
The ATRAP experiment is a particle physics project at CERN dedicated to trapping and studying antihydrogen atoms and other antimatter systems to test fundamental symmetries and the properties of antimatter.
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C.
ASACUSA experiment
The ASACUSA experiment is a CERN-based research project that studies the properties of antiprotons and antihydrogen to test fundamental symmetries in physics.
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CMS experiment
The CMS experiment is a major general-purpose particle physics detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to investigate a wide range of phenomena including the Higgs boson, dark matter candidates, and physics beyond the Standard Model.
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E.
NA62
NA62 is a high-energy physics experiment at CERN designed primarily to study rare kaon decays and test the predictions of the Standard Model.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Large Hadron Collider experiment
ⓘ
detector ⓘ particle physics experiment ⓘ |
| acronym | ALICE ⓘ |
| collaborationCountries | over 30 countries ⓘ |
| collaborationSize | over 1000 scientists ⓘ |
| colliderUsed | Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| collisionSystem |
lead–lead
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proton–lead ⓘ proton–proton ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1998 ⓘ |
| designOptimizedFor | heavy-ion physics ⓘ |
| firstLeadLeadRun | 2010 ⓘ |
| fullName | A Large Ion Collider Experiment ⓘ |
| fundedBy | international collaboration ⓘ |
| hasSubsystem |
ALICE experiment
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ALICE Diffractive detector
Electromagnetic Calorimeter ⓘ Fast Interaction Trigger detector ⓘ 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 ⓘ |
| hostFacility | CERN ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
CERN
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Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Geneva metropolitan area
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surface form:
Geneva region
Meyrin ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| neighboringExperiment |
ATLAS
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surface form:
ATLAS experiment
CMS experiment ⓘ LHCb experiment ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
ALICE Collaboration Board
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surface form:
ALICE Collaboration
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| partOf |
A Large Ion Collider Experiment
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surface form:
LHC heavy-ion program
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| primaryPurpose | study quark–gluon plasma ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
QCD phase diagram
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charm and beauty quarks in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ collective flow in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ hadronization ⓘ heavy-ion collisions ⓘ jet quenching ⓘ nuclear modification factors ⓘ photon and dilepton production in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ quarkonia suppression and regeneration ⓘ small-system collectivity ⓘ strangeness enhancement ⓘ strong interaction at high energy density ⓘ |
| startOfDataTaking | 2009 ⓘ |
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Subject: ALICE experiment Description of subject: The ALICE experiment is a major detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to study quark–gluon plasma and the physics of heavy-ion collisions.
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