A Large Ion Collider Experiment

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Large Hadron Collider experiment detector particle physics experiment

A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) is a major detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and quark–gluon plasma created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.

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Label	Occurrences
A Large Ion Collider Experiment canonical	3
LHC heavy-ion physics programme	2
ALICE experiment at the LHC	1
ALICE heavy-ion experiment	1
ALICE heavy-ion experiment at the LHC	1
LHC heavy-ion program	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T192394 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Large Ion Collider Experiment
Context triple: [ALICE, fullName, A Large Ion Collider Experiment]

A. High-Luminosity LHC
The High-Luminosity LHC is a major upgrade of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to significantly increase its collision rate and data output for more precise and rare particle physics measurements.
B. LHCf
LHCf is a CERN experiment at the Large Hadron Collider that studies forward particles produced in proton–proton collisions to improve our understanding of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
C. LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU)
The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) is a major CERN project to modernize and enhance the performance of the accelerator chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider, enabling higher beam intensities and luminosities for future physics runs.
D. LHC injector chain
The LHC injector chain is the sequence of accelerators and beamlines at CERN that progressively boost and prepare particle beams before they are injected into the Large Hadron Collider.
E. CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities
The CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities are the above-ground buildings and infrastructure that support and control the LHC’s particle physics experiments near Geneva.
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: A Large Ion Collider Experiment
Target entity description: A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) is a major detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter and quark–gluon plasma created in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.

A. High-Luminosity LHC
The High-Luminosity LHC is a major upgrade of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to significantly increase its collision rate and data output for more precise and rare particle physics measurements.
B. LHCf
LHCf is a CERN experiment at the Large Hadron Collider that studies forward particles produced in proton–proton collisions to improve our understanding of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.
C. LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU)
The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) is a major CERN project to modernize and enhance the performance of the accelerator chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider, enabling higher beam intensities and luminosities for future physics runs.
D. LHC injector chain
The LHC injector chain is the sequence of accelerators and beamlines at CERN that progressively boost and prepare particle beams before they are injected into the Large Hadron Collider.
E. CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities
The CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities are the above-ground buildings and infrastructure that support and control the LHC’s particle physics experiments near Geneva.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Large Hadron Collider experiment ⓘ detector ⓘ particle physics experiment ⓘ
abbreviation	ALICE ⓘ
collaborationCountries	over 30 countries ⓘ
collaborationSize	over 1000 scientists ⓘ
collisionEnergyRange	up to several TeV per nucleon pair ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1997 ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
dataTakingStartDate	2010 ⓘ
designedFor	high-multiplicity events ⓘ lead–lead collisions ⓘ
focusesOn	QCD at high energy density ⓘ charm and beauty quarks in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ collective flow phenomena ⓘ hadronization processes ⓘ jet quenching ⓘ properties of quark–gluon plasma ⓘ quarkonia suppression and regeneration ⓘ strangeness enhancement ⓘ
governingBody	ALICE Collaboration Board ⓘ
hasSubsystem	ALICE Diffractive detector ⓘ linked to: ALICE experiment Electromagnetic Calorimeter ⓘ 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 Calorimeter ⓘ linked to: Zero Degree Calorimeters
hostOrganization	CERN ⓘ
locatedAt	Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
locatedIn	CERN ⓘ Meyrin, Switzerland ⓘ linked to: Meyrin
operatesAt	LHC interaction point 2 ⓘ
partOf	Large Hadron Collider program ⓘ linked to: Large Hadron Collider
primaryPurpose	study quark–gluon plasma ⓘ study strongly interacting matter ⓘ
studies	heavy-ion collisions ⓘ proton–nucleus collisions ⓘ proton–proton collisions ⓘ
technology	ring-imaging Cherenkov detection (in TRD) ⓘ silicon tracking detectors ⓘ time projection chamber gas detector ⓘ
upgradeProgram	Run 3 and Run 4 detector upgrades ⓘ
website	https://alice.cern ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ALICE → fullName → A Large Ion Collider Experiment ⓘ

ALICE → acronymFor → A Large Ion Collider Experiment ⓘ

Zero Degree Calorimeters → usedBy → ALICE experiment at the LHC ⓘ