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ONGOING AND UPCOMING EVENTS
 30 January 2024: we were very much excited to welcome Prof. David Gross, Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 along with by Prof. Eliezer Rabinovic, President, CERN Council to the ALICE experiment at CERN accompanied by Luciano Musa, Marco van Leeuwen, and Werner Riegler. |
- ALICE Physics Forum: 7 February 2024
- From Academia to Industry: Wednesday 7 February 2024, 15:00 (160/1-009 (CERN) ): "From colliding lead-ions at CERN to engineering the future of transportation" by Dr Jan Urbahn (Canoo Technologies, Dallas). Jan got is PhD in the WA98 experiment at the CERN SPS, and moved to industry soon after. In this interactive session, he will discuss on thelessons learned from 25 years in industry: Tips, tricks & insights!
- CERN EP seminar: 13 February 2024: “Dielectron production in central Pb-Pb collisions” by Jerome Jung (ALICE)
NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
- CERN Alumni Third Collisions, 9 - 11 Feb: Celebrate the exceptional journeys of CERN alumni, in the year of CERN's 70th anniversary. Read more.
- Update and inclusion of the French version: Charm is better than beauty at going with the flow
- CERN celebrates 70 years of scientific discovery and innovation
- CERN Courier (Jan-Feb 2024): Dielectrons take the temperature of Pb–Pb collisions
- 157th LHCC Meeting - OPEN Session will take place on 28 February 2024.
- Physics Forum Dates for 2024
- 7 February (extra-ordinary, abstracts and papers for SQM)
- 13 March (extra-ordinary)
- 10 April (during mini-week)
- 15 May (during SQM+LHCP approvals)
- 19 June (during mini-week)
- 21 August (during Hard Probes previews)
- 2 October (extra-ordinary)
- 6 November (mini-week)
- 4 December (during physics week)
EVENTS OF INTEREST
- CERN Colloquium, Friday 2 Feb 2024, 16:30: "US Particle Physics for the Next Ten Years" by Hitoshi Murayama
- "QCD Meets EW": 5–9 Feb 2024, CERN
- TH String Theory Seminar, Tuesday 6 Feb 2024, 15:00: "Fermion-Monopole Scattering and Generalized Symmetries" by Marieke Van Beest.
- TH Cosmo Coffee, Wednesday 7 Feb 2024, 11:30: "Self-interacting dark matter impact on pulsar timing array observations" by James Cline (McGill University, (CA))
- Theory Colloquia, Wednesday 7 Feb 2024, 14:00: "Dos and Don’ts of Folding Time" by Sebastian Mizera (IAS)
- A&T Seminar, Friday 9 Feb 2024, 11:00: "ESS target systems design and construction: lessons learnt" by Mr Rikard Linander (European Spallation Source ERIC)
NEW PAPERS ON THE ARXIV
All publications of the ALICE Collaboration submitted to Refereed Journals are in the link here.
| Title | Internal | Submission date |
| 24 Jan 2024 |
New ALICE paper submissions appear in twitter: ALICE_Publications
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
- Shift booking is open for the whole 2024 run!
- The booking includes 2 periods:
- 19 Feb - 24 Sep 2024: shifts open to any member of the collaboration, reservation via SAMS. It represents 86% of the available shifts.
- 25 Sep - 28 Oct 2024: Heavy Ion shifts, reservation via SAMS restricted to collaborators that have a valid "Expert" permission. If you have experience as central shifter and are willing to commit for this exciting data taking period, but you are not yet identified as Expert for your preferred shift role, do not hesitate to contact the Run Coordination !
- One of the pre-requisites for booking central shifts is to have an ACTIVE SLIMOS permission for the duration of your shifts. The status of all permissions can be checked in the SAMS profile. The SLIMOS permission has to be renewed every 3 years by following the corresponding e-learning course and passing the test, as described here.
- All informations related to shifts and operations are described in the ALICE Operation Website.
- We would like to thank all institutes that already committed to the ALICE operations!
- Several critical blocks are still available, in particular during the first two weeks of operations:
- SL blocks from February 23 to March 9
- DCS blocks from February 21 to February 26 and from February 29 to March 5
- ECS blocks from February 21 to February 28 and from March 2 to March 7
- QC blocks from February 19 to February 22 and from March 2 to March 7
- The booking includes 2 periods:
- YETS 2023-2024:
- LHC beam operations will resume on 11 March 2024
- Underground access stops 5 March 2024
- Ongoing: detector maintenance and commissioning of central systems
- A milestone week is being organised from 5 to 9 March, to review the status of detectors and central systems before the start of the 2024 run
CONFERENCES
CURRENT CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS (starting this week)
- 39th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Jackson, Wyoming, USA, 11-17 February
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES (events within 3 months or deadline within 1 month)
- 31st International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects (DIS2024), Grenoble, France, 8-12 April, abstract deadline 9 Feb: invitation for an ‘overview talk on upgrade’, please contact Upgrade coordinators or CC
- Corfu Workshop on Future Accelerators CORFU2024, Corfu, Greece, 19-26 May, abstract deadline 15 February, please contact PWG conveners or CC
- International Workshop on Partial Wave Analyses and Advanced Tools for Hadron Spectroscopy (PWA13/ATHOS8), Williamsburg,Virginia, US, 28 May - 1 June, abstract deadline 1 March
- SQM 2024, Strasbourg France, 3-7 June, abstract deadline 17 February (central submission except for posters)
- LHCP2024, Boston, USA, 3 Jun 2024, abstract deadline for poster submission 15 February
- ICHEP 2024, Prague, Czech Republic, 17-24 July, abstract deadline 16 February (central submission except for posters)
SCHOOLS
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES
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Special announcement and dates of major conferences in 2024:
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JUNIOR'S CORNER
Message from Junior representatives (Carolina, Florian, Luca):
- ALICE Theses website (NEW)
- Guidelines for ALICE Thesis Video: we like to propose a ~3 min video summarizing the key results of PhD thesis. Guidelines are in the Juniors link.
OUTREACH NEWS
- ALICE virtual visits: Virtual Visits to the cavern and ARC possible during upcoming YETS. Virtual visits are highly beneficial for remote audiences, standalone or in combination with local events. To book a virtual visit, contact the ALICE outreach team at the e-mail address: alice-outreach-virtual-visits
- ALICE Visits:
- Saturday 27 January 2024
- John Taylor High School, UK
- All Hallows Catholic College, UK
- ALICE members' friends and family, France, Denmark
- Sunday 28 January 2024
- Google Zurich
- Monday 29 January 2024
- artist Patricia Dominguez, arts@CERN
- Joint Universities Accelerator School (JUAS), France
- ALICE open visit
- Tuesday 30 January 2024
- High-School students from Falun, Sweden;
- Georgios Zois School, Greece
- Dell/Swisscom, Switzerland
- YPO Seadragons, China
- VIP visit: Professor David Gross, Nobel Prize in Physics 2004
- Wednesday 31 January 2024
- John Masefield High School, UK
- 1st Lyceum of Argiroupolis, Greece
- Université Clermont, Auvergne, France
- NEXT Koebenhavns Mediegymnasium, Denmark
- Visit of Ian Andrews, Artist from Birmingham along with ATLAS colleagues
- Thursday 1st February 2024
- 2nd Pindareio High School of Thiva, Greece
- Liceo Gobetti, Torino, Italy
- LPSC Grenoble
- EP-DT Design Office, CERN
- Représentante Permanente Adjointe à la Mission de la France auprès de l’ONU
- Friday 2 February 2024 The Angmering School, UK; 2nd General Lyceum of Patras, Greece
- Saturday 27 January 2024
 1 February 2024: visit of Madame la Représente permanente adjointe de la France auprès de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève – Christine TOUDIC |
- International Masterclasses 2024 : Moderators needed:
Masterclasses in particle physics will take place between 15 February and 27 March 2024 (plus extra Masterclasses on 9 February, to celebrate the UN Day of Girls and Women in Science).
Moderators are needed for the end-of-the-day video conference: 4-5 pm CET. Students from various countries connect on zoom, discuss their results, ask questions and take part in a quiz. The moderation is done in pairs, and newcomers are paired with an experienced person, so nobody has to jump into the deep end. Normally each moderator does about three sessions. A training is provided short before the event.
If you are interested, please contact the central organiser of International Masterclasses Uta Bilow (uta.bilow@tu-dresden.de) as well as Despina Hatzifotiadou, who will provide information about the ALICE measurements.
- Instagram Live from the ALICE Cavern: 1 February 2024 at 6 PM
DIVERSITY
- "WIT Impostor Syndrome Workshop": 9 February 2024: Ever felt like you weren't deserving of your achievements? Thought it was all just luck? You're not alone! Impostor Syndrome is that sneaky voice in your head making you doubt your incredible skills, talents, and accomplishments. It's the shadow that makes you question if you're a "fraud", even when the spotlight clearly shines on your successes. WIT (Women in Technology), CERN has organized a workshop where we will introduce impostor syndrome, including what it is and how it usually manifests. After an introductory talk, participants will split in small groups to do hands-on exercises.
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 11 February
- 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.