ALICE experiment

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Large Hadron Collider experiment detector particle physics experiment

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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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 → proton–lead → proton–proton →
constructionStart	1998 →
designOptimizedFor	heavy-ion physics →
firstLeadLeadRun	2010 →
fullName	A Large Ion Collider Experiment →
fundedBy	international collaboration →
hasSubsystem	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 → Large Hadron Collider →
locatedIn	Geneva region NERFINISHED → Meyrin → Switzerland →
neighboringExperiment	ATLAS experiment → CMS experiment → LHCb experiment →
operatedBy	ALICE Collaboration →
partOf	LHC heavy-ion program →
primaryPurpose	study quark–gluon plasma →
researchFocus	QCD phase diagram → 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 →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Electromagnetic Calorimeter ("ALICE detector") → Forward Multiplicity Detector → Inner Tracking System → Muon Spectrometer → Photon Spectrometer →	partOf
Inner Tracking System ("ALICE Collaboration") → Muon Spectrometer ("ALICE Collaboration") → Photon Spectrometer ("ALICE Collaboration") →	operatedBy
CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities → Forward Multiplicity Detector ("ALICE Collaboration") →	associatedWith
A Large Ion Collider Experiment ("ALICE Diffractive detector") → ALICE experiment ("ALICE Diffractive detector") →	hasSubsystem
A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS →	collaboratesWith
Photon Spectrometer ("ALICE Collaboration") →	collaboration
Photon Spectrometer ("ALICE trigger system") →	integratedInto
Muon Spectrometer ("ALICE forward muon arm") →	locatedIn
CERN accelerator complex →	providesBeamsTo
Muon Spectrometer ("ALICE data acquisition system") →	readoutIntegratedWith
Photon Spectrometer ("ALICE Photon Multiplicity Detector") →	relatedTo
Transition Radiation Detector →	usedIn