ALICE Newsletter No. 373
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No.373,
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ONGOING AND UPCOMING EVENTS
- ALICE Mini Week: 25-29 August 2025
- ALICE Physics Forum: 27 August 2025
- 163rd LHCC Meeting - OPEN Session: 1 Sept 2025, 14:00, Council Chamber (CERN)
"ALICE Status Report" by Fabrizio Grosa (CERN) is scheduled at 15:00 hrs.
- ALICE Upgrade Week 2025: 7-10 October:
- ALICE Physics Week: 3-7 Nov 2025 at CERN
- ALICE Week: 8-12 Dec 2025
NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Accelerator Report: A summer of hot spells for the LHC: By Rende Steerenberg (21 Aug 2025)
So far the summer run has seen solid progress in luminosity production, but also some unexpected beam and machine behaviour. Careful monitoring revealed a hardware issue, now being closely watched as the LHC continues to perform at full capacity.
- Official News regarding the CERN Safety Rules
- Move More, Eat Better: Tuesday 16 September: Boost your health at work by joining the CERN Medical Service campaign!
- "A new probe of radial flow": Energy Frontier, CERN Courier Jul/Aug 2025
- Physics Forum dates in 2025:
- 1 October (extra-ordinary)
- 5 November (physics week at CERN)
- 3 December (extra-ordinary)
EVENTS OF INTEREST
- "Twentieth joint CERN-Fermilab Hadron Collider Physics Summer School": 19–28 Aug 2025, CERN
- "Advancing gravitational wave predictions from cosmological first-order phase transitions" 25–29 Aug 2025, CERN
- Theory Colloquia, Wednesday 27 Aug 2025, 14:00, TH Conference Room (CERN): "New physics with the gravitational waves form early universe phase transitions" by Kari Rummukainen (Helsinki Univ)
- "Design considerations in 3D printing" 27 August 2025, CERN
- A&T Seminar, Thursday 28 Aug 2025, 10:00, IT Amphitheatre (CERN): "High Temperature Superconductivity: status, present and future applications" by Amalia BALLARINO (TE-MSC-HSD)
- TH BSM Forum, Thursday 28 Aug 2025, 13:30: "Hints of New Physics from the KM3NeT and ANITA Anomalies" by Dibya Sankar Chattopadhyay (Oklahoma State University)
- TH Cosmo Coffee, Friday 29 Aug 2025, 11:00: "Cosmo-Swampland Seminar: Axions and Generalized Symmetries" by Maria Pestana Da Luz Pereira Ramos, Mario Reig Lopez, Markus Josef Dierigl
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
- Open shift block:
- In case of questions, please contact RC (alice-rc@cern.ch)
- In case of questions, please contact RC (alice-rc@cern.ch)
- LHC and ALICE:
- During the last week,LHC provided pp collisions at full machine. The average time in Stable Beams was around 65%.
- The vacuum situation in the machine around P2 is still being monitored closely since regular excursions are observed. The situation with the RF finger close to P2 was checked by another X-ray scan in a recent access. No change was observed.
- ALCE data taking went very smoothly. A total luminosity of 22.4/pb of pp data was recorded.
- On Monday morning, a software update to the most recent version was performed.
- Current Run Manager (18 - 31 Aug): Yael Antonio VASQUEZ BELTRAN
- Yael is a Ph.D. student at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico. Since joining ALICE in 2019, he has been working on the development and operation of scintillator detectors, including the FIT/FDD subdetector and the MID proposal for ALICE 3. Over the years, he has been actively involved in FDD operation, maintenance, performance monitoring, and aging studies, gaining extensive experience in detector operation and long-term stability analysis. As part of his service task, he collaborates with the FIT group on detector operations and performance studies and has also served as on-call for FIT.
Since 2022, he has participated in Run 3 data acquisition during both pp and Pb–Pb collisions, and has served in Shift Leader, DCS, and ECS central shifts. His Ph.D. research focuses on the proposed Muon Identifier (MID) detector for ALICE 3, involving the construction of prototypes, development of the data acquisition (DAQ) system, and active contributions to MID test beams, including coordination, operation, and data analysis of the first prototypes built for the MID chambers.
During his mandate, he will oversee the pp production period at 500 kHz with the magnets in negative/negative configuration.
- Yael is a Ph.D. student at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico. Since joining ALICE in 2019, he has been working on the development and operation of scintillator detectors, including the FIT/FDD subdetector and the MID proposal for ALICE 3. Over the years, he has been actively involved in FDD operation, maintenance, performance monitoring, and aging studies, gaining extensive experience in detector operation and long-term stability analysis. As part of his service task, he collaborates with the FIT group on detector operations and performance studies and has also served as on-call for FIT.
CONFERENCES
CURRENT CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS (starting this week)
- Corfu2025 Workshop on SM & Beyond, Corfu, Greece, 24 August - 3 September
- 32nd International Symposium on Lepton Photon Interactions at High Energies: Lepton-Photon 2025 (LP2025), Madison, (US), 25-29 August
- The 33rd International Workshop on Vertex Detectors “VERTEX2025”, Knoxville USA, 25-29 August
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES (events within 3 months or deadline within 1 month)
- QCD at the extremes, online 1 September, abstract deadline 31 August
- Low-x 2025, Medulin, Istria, Croatia, 8-12 September. Abstract deadline 30 Aug. Invitation to submit abstracts on QCD and HI Contact PWG and CC chairs.
- 15th International QCD@LHC Workshop (QCD@LHC 2025), Stony Brook,USA,-, 8-12 September, abstract deadline 1 September, Invitation to submit abstracts on QCD and HI. Contact PWG and CC chairs.
- SPIN2025 26th International Symposium on Spin Physics, 22-26 September, Qingdao, China, abstract deadline 31 August
- Baryons 2025 (The 2025 International Conference on the Structure of Baryons), Jeju, South Korea, 10 November, abstract deadline 31 August
- 2025 international workshop on the high energy Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC2025) , Guangzhou, China, 6-10 November, abstract deadline 15 September
- 13th ROOT Users Workshop (ROOT 2025), Valencia, Spain, 17-21 November, abstract deadline 15 September
- ExHIC-d 2025 (ExHIC-d workshop on QCD and hadronic dense matter),Jeju, South Korea, 15-17 November, abstract deadline 31 August
- Second International Conference on the Physics of Two Infinities, Tokyo, Japan 17-21 Nov 2025. Abstract deadline 29 August. Invitation to submit parallel talks. Contact PWG, CC chair
- MIAMI 2025 Physics Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Florida, US, 12-18 Dec 2025, Invitation for a review talk + additional talks contact CC chairs
- 7th international workshop on new Photon-Detectors (PD2025) , Bologna, Italy, 3-5 December, abstract deadline 10 September
- 7th International Conference on Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics (TIPP2026) TIFR, Mumbai, India, 2-6 February, abstract deadline 15 September
SCHOOLS
- EDIT 2026 Instrumentation School at CERN , 3 March, registration deadline 1 October
Upcoming major conferences
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8-12 Sep 2025 |
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22-27 Mar 2026 |
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18-22 May 2026 |
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31 July - 5 Aug 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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- Diversity Office - Open Junior Rep Position
A Junior Representative is needed in the Diversity and Inclusion Office! If you wish to learn more (about the term, the responsibilities, the selection process…) and you are considering applying, reach out to alice-diversity-office@cern.ch. You can also write directly to Ananya, the former Junior Rep in the D&I, ananya.rai@cern.ch to get more insights on the role.
- 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 summarizing the key results of PhD thesis.
- Diversity Office - Open Junior Rep Position
OUTREACH NEWS
- ALICE visits:
- Saturday 16 August 2025
- Mensa Switzerland
- Tuesday 19 August 2025
- WUT, Poland
- BRIN Deputy Director, Indonesia; Steizer, Germany
- Wednesday 20 August 2025
- ALICE member’s friends, France
- Thursday 21 August 2025
- Hungarian Teacher Programme
- ALICE member’s friends, Germany
- Friday 22 August 2025
- Speedgoat GmbH, Switzerland
- Saturday 16 August 2025
- Recent Social Media Highlights:
DIVERSITY
- ALICE workshop on inclusive teamwork - AM cohort: 9 and 23 Sept 2025, 09:30
- ALICE workshop on inclusive teamwork - PM cohort: 9 and 23 Sept 2025, 14:00
This workshop is particularly important for people with management roles (PAG coordinator, PWG convener, team leaders, project leaders, run managers and other coordinating roles), but the workshop is open to all ALICE members. Please register promptly - seat allocation starts at the end of August.
- ALICE Diversity Office website can be accessed here. Your feedback is extremely 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.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
| Date Listed |
Title |
Institute |
Application deadline |
| 22 Aug | European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants | Imperial Coll., London | 13 Oct 2025 |
| 22 Aug | Postdoctoral position (CMS) | University of Florida | 16 Sep 2025 |
| 22 Aug | Postdoc in AI for fundamental physics (theory or statistical inference/experiment) | Georgia Tech., Atlanta | 5 Dec 2025 |
| 22 Aug | Associate Professor | University of Tokyo | 6 Oct 2025 |
| 22 Aug | Open faculty positions | Okinawa Inst. Sci. Tech. | 15 Oct 2025 |
| 22 Aug | Radiation Safety Expert | CERN | 17 Sep 2025 |
| 22 Aug | Cooling Engineer for the ATLAS Detector | CERN | 10 Sep 2025 |
| 15 Aug | Staff Assistant Physicist | HEP Division at Argonne National Laboratory | 15 Oct 2025 |
| 15 Aug | Assistant Professor Position in Experimental Particle Physics | Chiba University, Japan | 31 Oct 2025 |
| 15 Aug | PhD position on electronics for radiation therapy and particle physics | University of Miami | 25 Sep 2025 |
| 15 Aug | Post-doc - LHCb | INP, Cracow | 31 Aug 2025 |
| 15 Aug | Cooling Engineer for the ATLAS Detector | CERN | 10 Sep 2025 |
| 8 Aug | Research Associate in Particle Physics (DUNE..) | Imperial College, London | 12 Sep 2025 |
| 8 Aug | PhD position (m/f/d) in Experimental Particle Physics (ATLAS) | University of Wuppertal | 25 Aug 2025 |
| 8 Aug | Assistant professor | Gran Sasso Science Institute | 28 Aug 2025 |
| 8 Aug | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Queen Mary, U. of London | 12 Sep 2025 |
| 1 Aug | Postdoc Fellow (ATLAS) | Oklahoma State University | 15 Sep 2025 |
| 1 Aug | BNL ATLAS Postdoc at CERN | BNL | 3 Apr 2026 |
| 1 Aug | BNL Postdoc on ATLAS and EIC | BNL | 30 Jan 2026 |
| 1 Aug | Postdoctoral position in experimental high energy physics (ePIC, BNL) | AGH University, Cracow | 31 Oct 2025 |
| 25 July | Embedded Control Software Engineer | CERN | 24 Aug 2025 |
| 25 July | Mechanical Engineer | CERN | 20 Sep 2025 |
| 25 July | Accelerator Physics Research Associate | Brookhaven National Laboratory | 1 Apr 2026 |
| 25 July | Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy | University of Mississippi | 15 Nov 2025 |
| 18 July | Experimental Physicist (EP-DI-2025-9-LD) | CERN | 31 Aug 2025 |
| 18 July | Several PostDoc positions in hep-ex/astro-ph/nucl-ph at IHEP, Beijing | IHEP, Beijing | 31 Aug 2025 |
| 18 July | Accelerator Physics Research Associate | Brookhaven National Laboratory | 1 Apr 2026 |
| 11 July | Accelerator Physics Research Associate | Brookhaven National Lab | 1 Apr 2026 |
| 11 July | Postdoctoral Fellows in Experimental Physics | QUP, Tsukuba, Japan | 31 Aug 2025 |
| 4 July | PhD position on the CMS experiment | Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb | 31 Dec 2025 |
| 4 July | Postdoctoral position on the ATLAS experiment | CEA Paris-Saclay (Irfu/DPhP) | 7 Sep 2025 |
| 4 July | Electrical Engineer - FCC project | CERN | 24 Aug 2025 |
| 20 Jun | Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Experimental Particle Physics | University College Dublin | 15 Sept 2025 |
| 20 Jun | Postdoctoral Position in Experimental Nuclear Physics | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz | 25 Aug 2025 |
| 6 Jun | Call for Expression of Interest (2026): Tenure-Track Positions (all brances of physics) | Department of Physics at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) , Lisbon | 5 Sep 2025 |
| 23 May | Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental High-Energy Nuclear Physics | Fudan University | 1 Sep 2025 |
| 4 Apr | Postdoc Position in Experimental Particle Physics | IMP, Lanzhou, China | 31 Dec 2025 |