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ONGOING AND UPCOMING EVENTS
- ALICE Physics Forum - 27 and 29 January 2021: on Wednesday, 27 January at 9:00 and Friday, 29 January at 9:00 there will be two sessions with paper proposals and on Wednesday at 14:00 there will be a report on the pp high-energy program on event selection followed by a session on the Oxygen workshop preparation.
- 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
- New Doctoral Graduates in ALICE: Congratulations!!
- Dr. Aaron Capon
Thesis title: “Dielectron production in proton-lead collisions at sqrt(sNN) = 5.02 TeV with ALICE at the LHC”
Submitted to: Technical University of Vienna
Defended on: 20 November 2020
CDS: https://cds.cern.ch/record/2747458
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Eberhard Widmann and Dr. Michael Weber
Service Task: “Machine Learning in the field of QA and DQM"
- Dr. Chun-Lu Huang
Thesis title: “Inclusive J/Psi production in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at forward rapidity at sqrt(sNN) = 5.02 TeV in ALICE at the LHC”
Submitted to: Université Paris Saclay
Defended on: 19 October 2020
CDS: http://cds.cern.ch/record/2748748
Supervisor: Dr. Cynthia Hadjidakis
Co-supervisor: Dr. Laure Massacrier
Service Task: “Muon Tracking QA and DQM"
- Use of Proximeter at CERN: Proximeter FAQ has been published here. Distribution of the Proximeter is ongoing 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.
New this week:
- The current CERN teleworking framework has been extended until the end of February.
- Curfew in France runs from 6.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. across the country.
- New border control measures in France: As of Monday 18 January, France has reinforced its border control measures, introducing a mandatory negative test and seven-day quarantine for countries outside the EU or the Schengen Area, along with a negative test at the end of the quarantine period. For details, consult the link here.
- The lists of countries considered as high risk by France and Switzerland are continuously evolving, and travellers are encouraged to consult the relevant sites before traveling: link here.
For any information and support regarding the quarantine period contact ALICE-covid19-coordination@cern.ch
- ALICE secretariat opening next week: Wednesday 27th January, from 8h30 to 12h30 and from 13h30 to 17h30.
Nathalie, Guylaine & Julia remain available by phone and e-mail.
EVENTS OF INTEREST
- EP Seminar, 26 Jan 2021, 11:00 hrs: "The Borexino heritage: pp and CNO solar neutrinos" by Prof. Marco Pallavicini (Universita' di Genova & INFN Genova).
- CERN Computer Seminar, 27 Jan 2021, 10:00 hrs: "Web security / penetration testing: debriefing (2/2)" by Sebastian Lopienski (CERN).
- TH Cosmo Coffee, 27 Jan 2021, 16:30 hrs: "Neutron stars as laboratories for dark matter" by Sanjay Reddy (University of Washington).
- Data Protection Day, 28 Jan 2021: This year three EIROforum Organizations - CERN , ESO and ESA - are teaming up for a fascinating, intriguing and eye-opening tour of data privacy issues that affect all of us.
- Detector Seminar, 29 Jan 2021, 11:00 hrs: "Fast charge collection in small collection electrode monolithic CMOS sensors" by Magdalena Munker (CERN).
NEW PAPERS ON THE ARXIV
New ALICE paper submissions appear in twitter: ALICE_Publications
- "First measurement of the |t|-dependence of coherent J/ψ photonuclear production": More info at the link here.
- "Coherent J/ψ and ψ′ photoproduction at midrapidity in ultra-peripheral Pb-Pb collisions at √𝑠NN = 5.02 TeV": More info at the link here.
- "Long- and short-range correlations and their event-scale dependence in high-multiplicity pp collisions at s√=13 TeV": More info at the link here.
- "Production of pions, kaons, (anti-)protons and φ mesons in Xe-Xe collisions at √𝑠NN=5.44 TeV": More infor at the link here.
- ”Event-by-event multi-harmonic correlations of different flow amplitudes in Pb-Pb collisions at 2.76 TeV”: More info at the link here.
PAPERS IN THE COLLABORATION REVIEW
Paper in Round - 1:
NEWS FROM POINT 2
Surface commissioning, commissioning at P2 and labs, and remote commissioning are progressing well for all central and subsystems.
- ITS: Deinstallation ongoing in the lab. Service installation at P2 ongoing.
- TPC : Connection of A-side and C-side ongoing. All stacks HV ramped up to 70%. LVPS repair on-going. Noise data taking for all powered sectors.
- MCH: Slats mounted on CH10R. Preparing readout cables for CH10R. Commissioning in progress on CH9R.
- MFT: Early commissioning through PRBS done. Longer scan is planed. commissioning of disk cooling ongoing.
Milestone Week1 (17-22 January): O2 integration and subsystem integration activities are ongoing.
CONFERENCES
CURRENT CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS (starting this week)
None.
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES (events within 3 months or deadline within 1 month)
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- DIS2021, Stony Brook, US - online, 12-16 April, abstract deadline 1 February
- TIPP 2021, TRIUMF, Canada - online, 24-29 May, abstract deadline 7 February
- OFFSHELL 2021, CERN - online, 6-9 July, abstract deadline 14 February
- Lomonosov 2021, Moscow, Russia, 19-25 August, abstract deadline 1 February
SCHOOLS
None.
OUTREACH NEWS
- Online ALICE Lego workshop (18 January 2021 to 27 June 2021) organised by the University of Münster and University of Frankfurt. Details are in the links here: Link1 and Link2.
- 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.
- Weekly activities open to everyone at CERN: from relaxing coffee meetings to High Intensity Training. CERN colleagues have put together a series of activities to help us stay connected in these challenging times. Find out what's coming up in the link here.
DIVERSITY
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science 11 February 2021: you are invited to take part by uploading (i) a short video of yourself (presenting yourself very briefly) at the cernbox video link and (ii) your preferred photograph at the cernbox photos link. Those wishing to take part: please subscribe to the e-group alice-women.
ALICE Diversity Office website can be accessed here.
Have a great weekend and a great week ahead!
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
| Title |
Institute |
Application deadline |
| Postdoc position | Heidelberg University | 15 February 2021 |
| Opportunities at Internal Relations | CERN | February 2021 |
| Junior staff | IRFU/DPhN CEA Paris-Saclay | 21 February 2021 |
| PhD position | Georg-August-University Göttingen in the ATLAS-Experiment | 29 January 2021 |
Please refer to Job Announcements link for details.