S. Igolkin

TL;DR: The Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) as discussed by the authors is a general-purpose, heavy-ion detector at the CERN LHC which focuses on QCD, the strong-interaction sector of the Standard Model.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed an ultra-light, high-resolution Inner Tracking System (ITS) based on monolithic CMOS pixel detectors for detection of heavy-flavour hadrons, and of thermal photons and low-mass di- electrons emitted by the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) at the CERN LHC (Large Hadron Collider).

TL;DR: The ALICE Collaboration is preparing a major upgrade of the experimental apparatus, planned for installation in the second long LHC shutdown in the years 2018-2019 as mentioned in this paper, which will be achieved by an increase of the Pb-Pb instant luminosity up to 6×1027 cm−2s−1 and running the ALICE detector with the continuous readout at the 50 kHz event rate.

TL;DR: In this paper, thermal cooling performances of extremely lightweight carbon fiber support structures with an integrated liquid cooling system for monolithic silicon pixel detectors have been investigated, and high heat removal efficiency using single-phase liquid flow is shown for a power density up to 0.5W/cm2.

TL;DR: In this paper, the calibration and performance of the Silicon Drift Detector of the ALICE experiment during the 2008 cosmic ray run is presented. In particular the procedures to monitor the running parameters (baselines, noise, drift speed) are detailed.