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ONGOING AND UPCOMING EVENTS
- ALICE Mini week: 25-29 January 2021.
- CERN workshop on physics opportunities of O-O and p-O collisions at the LHC in Run 3: 4-10 February 2021
NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
- CERN introduces proximity detecting device for personnel: Distribution of the Proximeter device began on Wednesday 6 January at eight locations at CERN according to the timetable here. You can book a slot to collect your Proximeter using the link here.
- Update on the COVID19 Guidelines: All users are encouraged to consult regularly the following information channel: https://hse.cern/covid-19-information
- Frequently Asked Questions are listed in the COVID FAQ page. Quarantine for persons arriving in Switzerland is updated in the link here.
For any information and support regarding the quarantine period contact ALICE-covid19-coordination@cern.ch - ALICE secretariat opening next week: Monday, 11 January, from 8:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 17:00 hrs. Nathalie, Guylaine & Julia remain available by phone and e-mail.
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EVENTS OF INTEREST
- EP Seminar, 12 January 2021: "Latest Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station" by Dr Mercedes Paniccia (Universite de Geneve (CH)).
- Detector Seminar, 15 January 2021: "X-ray, electron and ion imager developments at DESY" by Heinz Graafsma (CFEL; DESY Hamburg, Germany. University of Mid Sweden, Sundsvall).
- New Year presentation to personnel: 18 January 2021, 14:30 hrs.
NEW PAPERS ON THE ARXIV
All publications of the ALICE Collaboration submitted to Refereed Journals are in the link here.
New ALICE paper submissions appear in twitter: ALICE_Publications.
PAPERS IN THE COLLABORATION REVIEW
Paper in Round - 1:
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15 January 2021 |
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20 January 2021 |
Paper in Round - 3:
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8 January 2021 |
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8 January 2021 |
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8 January 2021 |
NEWS FROM POINT 2
Surface commissioning, commissioning at P2 and labs, and remote commissioning are progressing well for all central and subsystems. The main highlights are:
- ITS: Surface commissioning completed successfully. Disconnection and preparation for transportation to P2 ongoing.
- TPC : Irradiation tests with second stack continue with x-ray during Christmas break.
- MCH: Station 5 installation ongoing. MCH CRU UL has been tested. Four quadrants for CH1 (Station 1) are arriving at CERN this week.
- MFT: Reconnect of TOP cables were done. Power system and cooling set ON. Powering the entire MFT ongoing.
- TRD: readout up to FLP works fine and tests of the compressor code are ongoing.
CONFERENCES
CURRENT CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS (starting this week)
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- GGI school on Fundamental Interactions 2021, 11-29 January.
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES (events within 3 months or deadline within 1 month)
- CPOD2021, GSI/CERN/Berkeley - online, 15-19 March, abstract deadline 15 February.
- DIS2021, Stony Brook, US - online, 12-16 April, abstract deadline 1 February.
- APS GHP workshop, Chicago, US - online, 13-16 April, abstract deadline 16 January.
- Lomonosov 2021, Moscow, Russia, 19-25 August, abstract deadline 1 February.
SCHOOLS
None.
OUTREACH NEWS
- ALICE Visits: since the onsite public visits are cancelled as of now, a possible scenario for the virtual visit can be found at this link.
- Registration open for women volunteers for talks in schools in the local area, 1-5 February 2021: “Women in Science Volunteers”.
DIVERSITY
- Upcoming event: International Day of Women and Girls in Science: 11 February 2021.
ALICE Diversity Office website can be accessed here.
Have a great weekend and a great week ahead!
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
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Junior staff | IRFU/DPhN CEA Paris-Saclay | 21 feburary 2021 |
PhD position | Georg-August-University Göttingen in the ATLAS-Experiment | 29 January 2021 |
Postdoctoral position | UCLouvain (Belgium) in the CMS experiment | 21 January 2021 |
Applied Physicist (detector development) | CERN | 15 January 2021 12PM |
Big data Engineer | CERN | 15 January 2021 12PM |