ALICE
E3748
ALICE is a major particle physics experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider dedicated to studying heavy-ion collisions and the properties of quark–gluon plasma.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ALICE canonical | 14 |
| ALICE Collaboration Board | 1 |
| ALICE physics program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20801 — 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: ALICE Context triple: [CERN, hostsExperiment, ALICE]
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A.
Bolt Beranek and Newman
Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
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B.
Herbert
Herbert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
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C.
Lee
Lee is a given name shared by numerous individuals across different cultures and professions.
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D.
Tim the Beaver
Tim the Beaver is the official mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, symbolizing the school’s emphasis on engineering, ingenuity, and industriousness.
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E.
Lick
Lick is the nickname of Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, a pioneering American computer scientist whose ideas helped lay the foundations for interactive computing and the internet.
- 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: ALICE Target entity description: ALICE is a major particle physics experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider dedicated to studying heavy-ion collisions and the properties of quark–gluon plasma.
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A.
Bolt Beranek and Newman
Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
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B.
Herbert
Herbert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
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C.
Lee
Lee is a given name shared by numerous individuals across different cultures and professions.
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D.
Tim the Beaver
Tim the Beaver is the official mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, symbolizing the school’s emphasis on engineering, ingenuity, and industriousness.
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E.
Lick
Lick is the nickname of Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, a pioneering American computer scientist whose ideas helped lay the foundations for interactive computing and the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Large Hadron Collider experiment
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detector ⓘ particle physics experiment ⓘ |
| acronymFor | A Large Ion Collider Experiment ⓘ |
| collaborationCountries | over 30 countries ⓘ |
| collaborationSize | over 1000 scientists ⓘ |
| collider | Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| collisionEnergyRange | up to several TeV per nucleon pair ⓘ |
| collisionSystem |
lead–lead
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proton–lead ⓘ proton–proton ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1990s ⓘ |
| dataType |
heavy-ion collision data
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proton–nucleus collision data ⓘ proton–proton collision data ⓘ |
| designOptimizedFor | high-multiplicity heavy-ion events ⓘ |
| fullName | A Large Ion Collider Experiment ⓘ |
| governingBody |
ALICE Collaboration Board
ⓘ
linked to:
ALICE
|
| hasSubsystem |
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 Calorimeters ⓘ |
| hostOrganization | CERN ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
CERN
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Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Geneva region
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linked to:
Geneva metropolitan area
Switzerland ⓘ |
| primaryGoal | study heavy-ion collisions ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
QCD phase diagram
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charm and beauty quarks in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ collective flow in heavy-ion collisions ⓘ hadronization ⓘ jet quenching ⓘ quark–gluon plasma ⓘ small-system collectivity in proton–nucleus and proton–proton collisions ⓘ strangeness enhancement ⓘ strongly interacting matter at extreme energy density ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
high-energy nuclear physics
ⓘ
quantum chromodynamics ⓘ |
| startOfDataTaking | 2009 ⓘ |
| upgradeFeature |
continuous readout capability
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improved Inner Tracking System with silicon pixel detectors ⓘ upgraded Time Projection Chamber readout ⓘ |
| upgradeProgram | Run 3 and Run 4 upgrades ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ALICE Description of subject: ALICE is a major particle physics experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider dedicated to studying heavy-ion collisions and the properties of quark–gluon plasma.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ALICE
linked to: ALICE