ALICE Newsletter No. 392
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No.392,
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ONGOING AND UPCOMING EVENTS
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Links: CERN Courier Article and ALICE Website
- ALICE Mini Week - 19-23 January 2026
- LHC Seminar, Tuesday 20 Jan 2026, 11:00: "ALICE measures strangeness enhancement at its extremes" by Sara Pucillo (Universita e INFN, Salerno (IT))
- ALICE Calendar 2026
- ALICE approvals calendar for 2026
NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
- CERN News: "ALICE welcomes its new management". More about the new management on the ALICE website.
- "Accelerator Report: A very busy technical stop ahead of Long Shutdown 3"
This technical stop is particularly intense, being both shorter than usual, to maximise the limited time for physics, and very busy, to make essential preparations for LS3, which begins in June.
EVENTS OF INTEREST
- "All that Antimatters in the Universe" CERN, 19-22 Jan
- Lattice seminar, Tuesday 20 Jan 2026, 16:00: "Large N on a one-point box" by Margarita García Pérez (Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC)
- CERN Colloquium, Thursday 22 Jan 2026, 16:30: "Across the North Pole in Arctic Darkness: Alaska to Norway" by Børge Ousland
- Detector Seminar, Friday 23 Jan 2026, 11:00: "Advancing RICH detectors: Perspective for the LHCb upgrade(s)" by Floris Keizer (CERN)
NEW PAPERS ON THE ARXIV
PAPERS IN THE COLLABORATION REVIEW
Papers currently open for comments can be inspected using the link: Paper in Collaboration Review (Open for Comments).
NEWS FROM POINT 2
- ALICE: YETS activity is continuing.
- On Monday, 19 January, a DCS intervention will take place in the morning for patch installation - the DCS system won't be available during that time window.
- Detectors and central systems are getting ready for the resuming of the shift operations on Monday, 2 February, when the cosmics data taking campaign will start. The plan is to take data with a minimum detector set composed of ITS, TPC and TOF for the central barrel alignment.
- On Wednesday, 4 February, a test on the ramping of the magnets - both dipole and solenoid - has been scheduled: in the morning the ramping up to positive polarities will be performed, while in the afternoon the negative polarities will be tested.
- Open shift blocks (to be filled urgently):
- 1 full block starting on 2 February (MM-AA-NN)
- 1 partial block starting on 2 February (AA-NN)
- 1 full block starting on 6 February (MM-AA-NN)
If you have any doubt about the training and, overall, on how to get ready to cover these earlier shifts do not hesitate to contact us (alice-rc@cern.ch). Dedicated trainings can be arranged.
CONFERENCES
CURRENT CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS (starting this week)
- Cracow epiphany Conference 2026 , Kraków, Poland., 12-16 January
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES (events within 3 months or deadline within 1 month)
- "Trento" Workshop on Advanced Silicon Radiation Detectors, Perugia (Italy), 17-19 Feb, Abstract deadline: 31 January
- Lake Louise Winter Institute, Lake Louise, Canada, 1 March, Abstract deadline 31 January
- Rencontres de Moriond 2026, La Thuile, 22 March, Registration deadline 8 February
- Inviation for 6 talks, still have some openings (PWGs CF, HF, DQ) Contact CC Chairs or PWG convenors
- Inviation for 6 talks, still have some openings (PWGs CF, HF, DQ) Contact CC Chairs or PWG convenors
- Exotic Hadron Spectroscopy 2026, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 30 Mar - 1 Apr, Abstract deadline 1 February
- CPOD 2026: 16th Workshop on Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement, CERN, 13-17 April, abstract deadline 1 February
- Invitation for a PLENARY overview talk (25+5 min). Contact CC Chairs.
- Invitation for a PLENARY overview talk (25+5 min). Contact CC Chairs.
- DIS2026: 33rd International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects, Bologna, Italy, 4-8 May 2026, application deadline: 15 Jan 2026.
- Invitation for several talks for ALICE (17+3 min). Conctact PWG conveners
- 8 mins Flash talks for Students (instead of posters)
- CHEP 2026: 28th Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Bangkok, Thailand, 25-29 May, abstract deadline 17 January
- 17th International Conference on Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms, Varenna, Italy, 14 June, abstract deadline 31 January
- Hard Probes 2026: 13th International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 21 June, abstract deadline 16 January
- central submission for talks contact PWG conveners
SCHOOLS
- International Doctorate School "Frontiers in Nuclear and Hadronic Physics 2026" (FNHP2026), Firenze, Italy, 16-28 Feb.
- ISOTDAQ 2026: International School of Trigger and Data Acquisition, Bucharest, Romania, 1-10 Jul 2026, Registration deadline: 28 Feb.
This the 16th of a series of International Schools dedicated to introduce those with an education in physics, engineering or computing (ranging from undergrads to postdocs) to the "arts and crafts" of triggering and acquiring data for physics experiments.
- 2026 European School of High-Energy Physics, Ostróda, Poland, 19 Jun - 2 Jul 2026, Deadline for applications: 20 Feb.
The School is targeted particularly at students in experimental HEP who are in the final years of work towards their PhDs, although candidates at an earlier or later stage in their studies may be considered.
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22-27 Mar 2026 |
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18-22 May 2026 |
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21-26 Jun 2026 |
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30 July - 5 Aug 2026 |
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JUNIOR'S CORNER
Message from Junior Representatives (Bianca, Rohaan, Sara)
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- ALICE Run 3 Analysis Resources: a collection of all resources and news that can be helpful for people engaged in the analysis of ALICE Run 3 data. This is especially beneficial for those new to the Run 3 data analysis.
- Link to all ALICE Theses
- ALICE Theses website
- Guidelines for ALICE Thesis Video: a ~3-min video summarising the key results of the PhD thesis.
- ALICE Run 3 Analysis Resources: a collection of all resources and news that can be helpful for people engaged in the analysis of ALICE Run 3 data. This is especially beneficial for those new to the Run 3 data analysis.
OUTREACH NEWS
- ALICE visits: visits to ALICE cavern are possible till 19 February~
- ALICE visits this week:
- Saturday 10 January 2026
- colleagues’ friends, Switzerland, France
- Sunday 11 January 2026
- ALICE member’s family and friends, Switzerland
- Monday 12 January 2026
- University students from Nikhef, Netherlands
- participants of Science Art Dialogue Week, Austria, USA
- Tuesday 13 January 2026
- University Technical College Leeds, UK
- Imperial College London Mathematics School, UK
- University of Zurich Science Communication team, Switzerland
- Giulia Bini, head of arts@CERN
- Wednesday 14 January 2026
- George Walton Academy, USA
- Prepa science, France
- Liceo Fermi Paterno, Italy
- Thursday 15 January 2026
- The Westminster Schools, USA
- Dell/BookingCom, Netherlands
- colleague’s friends, France
- Hollywood movie Director and Producer: Jerry Zucker, Janet Zucker
- Friday 16 January 2026
- Liceo scientifico Volta Torino, Italy
- Astrophysicist, University of Bologna, Italy
- CERN colleagues
- Saturday 10 January 2026
- ALICE Masterclasses:
- Wednesday 14 January 2026 : ALICE masterclasses were held at the CERN training centre for students of Liceo Fermi, Paterno, Italy
- Wednesday 14 January 2026 : ALICE masterclasses were held at the CERN training centre for students of Liceo Fermi, Paterno, Italy
- Recent Social Media Highlights:
DIVERSITY
- "25 by ’25 initiative: diversity progress at CERN"
The five-year project focused on improving nationality and gender diversity across the Organization. - ALICE Diversity Office website can be accessed here. Your feedback is important. You can send us an email that will be treated confidentially by using the email address: alice-diversity-office@cern.ch or send us an anonymous message by using this form.