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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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Nuclear Physics Seminar - Anthony R. Timmins (University of Houston) "ALICE 3 - A new horizon for QCD"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Physics Department
Location
464 Loomis
Date
Mar 18, 2024   1:00 pm  
Speaker
Anthony R. Timmins
Contact
Brandy Koebbe
E-Mail
bkoebbe@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Physics - Nuclear Physics Seminar

The ALICE detector was built to study many-body Quantum Chromo-Dynamics (QCD) at high temperature and effectively zero baryon density, using relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These collisions form the Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP), a state of matter where quarks and gluons are no longer confined inside hadrons. The ALICE physics program centers around the key questions related to QGP phenomena. These include the macroscopic and microscopic properties of the QGP, and the details of the QGP phase transition to hadrons, that is believed to have taken place in the early Universe. At the same time, ALICE’s versatile setup allows for the study of pp collisions, p–Pb collisions, and ultra-peripheral collisions. The associated studies serve as deep probes of cold nuclear matter, and allow for investigations of stellar and interstellar phenomena. The ALICE Collaboration plans a major upgrade of its detector, referred to as ALICE 3. ALICE 3 is proposed for physics data-taking in the LHC Run 5 (starting 2035) and beyond. I will discuss the proposed physics program, detector concept, and expected physics performance. 

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