https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2008-00795-6
The ALICE experiment at the LHC
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Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire, CNRS/IN2P3,
Université Blaise Pascal, 24 Av. des Landais, 63177 Aubière, France
Corresponding author: Philippe.Crochet@clermont.in2p3.fr
After a general introduction on the Quark Gluon Plasma and a short overview of the experimental results obtained so far with heavy-ion collisions at the SPS and at the RHIC, the physics goals of the ALICE experiment at the LHC are presented.
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