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ONGOING AND UPCOMING EVENTS
The European Strategy for Particle Physics (ESPP) is the cornerstone of Europe’s decision-making process for the long-term future of the field. Mandated by the CERN Council, it is formed through a broad consultation of the particle physics community and the study of selected projects. The focus of the ESPP 2026 Update is to identify the next flagship project at CERN to succeed the Large Hadron Collider and its high-luminosity upgrade.
- ALICE Week: 14-18 July 2025
- ALICE Upgrade Week 2025: 7-10 October, Burghausen (Germany):
deadline for registration and hotel booking: 7 Aug 2025
NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Recent PhD in ALICE: Congratulations to our new Doctor:
- Dr. Ananya Rai
Thesis title: Unveiling the Structure of the Perfect Superfluid using Correlation Functions
Direct link: https://repository.cern/records/6te4v-mkm82 (new document repository)
Defense date: 21 May, 2025 at Yalu University, USA
Supervisor: Prof. Helen Caines
Service work: QA/QC of EMCal, ALICE Diversity Office
- Dr. Ananya Rai
- CERN Thesis Migration Completed:
- CERN CDS team has announced the completion of thesis migration from https://cds.cern.ch/ to a new CERN Repository (https://repository.cern/).
- Link to all ALICE Theses!
- Particle Therapy Masterclass 20 June 2025, CERN
- "ALICE measures a rare Ω baryon" : CERN Courier (May/June 2025) Energy Frontier
Link to CERN Courier ALICE articles!
- CERN Media Update (8 May 2025) "ALICE detects the transformation of lead into gold at the LHC"
- Accelerator Report: LHC on track despite disruptions throughout the accelerator complex by Rende Steerenberg:
- Computer Security: 5 ways to remotely connect to CERN
- 13th ROOT Users Workshop will be held in Valencia, Spain: 17–21 Nov 2025
- 16th edition of the Workshop on Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement (CPOD2026) will take place at CERN, 13-17 April 2026.
- Physics Forum dates in 2025:
- 9 July (extraordinary -> presentation of exceptional planned Run 3 preliminaries for initial stages in September, one week after OO run)
- 27 August (mini-week -> follow-up and approval of exceptional Run 3 preliminaries for initial stages in September)
- 1 October (extra-ordinary
- 5 November (physics week at CERN)
- 3 December (extra-ordinary)
EVENTS OF INTEREST
- QCD Seminars, Monday 23 Jun 2025, 14:00: "Real-Time Dynamics in a (2+1)-D Gauge Theory: The Stringy Nature on a Superconducting Quantum Simulator" by Enrique Rico Ortega (CERN)
- "Charming Lattice QCD @ CERN 2025" 23-25 June 2025
- LHC Seminar, Tuesday 24 Jun 2025, 11:00: "The dark side of jets: ATLAS Dark Sector studies with jets" by Giuliano Gustavino (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))
- Theory Colloquia, Wednesday 25 Jun 2025, 14:00: "Predicting multi-hadron electroweak processes from the QCD path integral" by Max Hansen
- Detector Seminar, Friday 27 Jun 2025, 11:00: "Cryogenic Readout Electronics" by Prof. Edoardo Charbon (EPFL)
- "Evolving Beyond the Standard Model" 30 June 2025 to 11 July 2025, CERN
NEW PAPERS ON THE ARXIV
All publications of the ALICE Collaboration submitted to Refereed Journals are in the link here.
| Title | Internal | Submission Date |
| Study of ⟨pT⟩ and its higher moments, and extraction of the speed of sound in Pb-Pb collisions with ALICE | Link | 12 Jun 2025 |
| Femtoscopic study of the proton-proton and proton-deuteron systems in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC | 2 May 2025 |
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
- Open shift block:
- In the upcoming week there is one ECS block (24 – 29 June ), which still need to be covered.
In case of questions please contact RC (alice-rc@cern.ch)
- In the upcoming week there is one ECS block (24 – 29 June ), which still need to be covered.
- LHC and ALICE:
- During the last week, the machine continued production with the full machine. During the weekend, a longer break was induced by a loss of conditions in cryogenics in Pt6.
The machine also carried out measurements for ion optics and ion cycle, which will be used for the upcoming Oxygen Special run.
On Thursday morning, machine development started.
Starting on Monday morning, there will be five days of technical stop.
- ALICE has been taking physics data during the last week.
The data-taking efficiency was very good, resulting in 10.2/pb recorded luminosity ( 11.2/pb delivery luminosity).
During the last week, two short tests with high IR were carried out for further detector stability studies.
The investigation into the enhanced background contribution is ongoing. The issue seems to the related to the vacuum level in an upstream area on the C-Side. Possible mitigations are discussed with the machine experts.
During the machine development testing with OO and pO, synthetic data is planned while ALICE will remain super safe.
During the Technical Stop, several interventions are planned in the cavern and the usual maintenance work.
- During the last week, the machine continued production with the full machine. During the weekend, a longer break was induced by a loss of conditions in cryogenics in Pt6.
CONFERENCES
CURRENT CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS (starting this week)
- QCD at FAIR symposium, Grand Hotel Faraglioni, Sicily, Italy, 22-27 June
- The XXIII Bonaudi-Chiavassa Int. School of Particle Detector, Cogne, It, 23 June
- 18th International Conference on Interconnections between Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC 2025), Deadwood, South Dakota, United States, 23 June
- COMETA training school: ML4Physics@Ljubljana,Slovenia, 26 June
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES (events within 3 months or deadline within 1 month)
- 21st Rencontres du Vietnam: Flavour Physics Conference 2025, Quy Nhon, Vietnam, 17-23 August. Abstract deadline 30 June
- XIV International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP 2025), Kolymbari, Crete, Greece. 17-31 July, abstract deadline 20 June. Invitation for 1 ALICE highlight talk, 1 overview on Strangeness, 1 overview on Quarkonia, 1 overview on HF, 1 talk on the contributions of ALICE to the breakthrough price 2025 and 1 outreach on the same topicon, + overview talks on trigger, DAQ, detectors, upgrades etc.. Contact PWG and CC chairs.
- The 33rd International Workshop on Vertex Detectors “VERTEX2025”, Knoxville USA, 25 August, abstract deadline 30 June, Invitations to submit abstracts , contact Projects & CC
- 26th international symposium on spin physics (SPIN2025), Qingdao (Tsingtao), China, 22 - 26 September 2025. Abstract deadline: 30 June 2025
- Second International Conference on the Physics of Two Infinities,Tokyo, Japan 17-21 Nov 2025. Abstraxt deadline 15 June.
Invitation to submit parallel talks. Contact PWG, CC chairs
- 53rd SLAC Summer Institute, “Pathways to New Physics., Stanford, USA, 28 July - 8 Aug. Abstract deadline 24 July.
- 32nd International Symposium on Lepton Photon Interactions at High Energies: Lepton-Photon 2025 (LP2025), Madison, (US), 25-29 August. Abstract deadline for posters: 31 July. Invitation to submit abstracts for Quark Flavor Session AND Heavy Ion Physics, Contact PWG and CC chairs.
- Low-x 2025, Medulin, Istria, Croatia, 8-12 September. Abstract deadline 30 June. 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 July. Invitation to submit abstracts. Contact PWG and CC chairs.
- HYP2025, Tokyo, 29 September - 3 October invitation for hypernuclei, strangeness, hadron structure, HF, future talks. Contact PWG and CC chairs
- 53rd International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics (ISMD) 2025, Corfu, Greece, 21-28 September. Abstract deadline 30 June. Invitation to submit abstract + plenary overview UPC. Contact PWG and CC chairs.
- Corfu2025 Workshop on SM & Beyond, Corfu, Greece, 24 August - 3 September 2025. Invitation for a plenary talk Contact PWG, CC chairs
- QCD2025, 25th Anniversary, Montpellier, France, 30 June. Invitation to submit abstracts. Contact PWG, CC chairs
- QCD at the extremes, online conference. 1 September. abstract deadline 15 August. Invitation to submit abstracts. Contact PWG, CC chairs
- XVII International Conference on Heavy Quarks and Leptons (HQL 2025), Beijing, China, 15–19 Sep 2025.
- Second International Conference on the Physics of Two Infinities, Tokyo, Japan 17-21 Nov 2025. Abstract deadline 15 August. Invitation to submit parallel talks. Contact PWG, CC chairs
- 17th International Conference on Heavy Quarks and Leptons (HQL 2025), Beijing, China, 15-19 September, abstract deadline 20 August
- 7th international workshop on new Photon-Detectors, Bologna, Italy, 3-5 Dec 2025.
SCHOOLS
- The XXIII Bonaudi-Chiavassa Int. School of Particle Detector, Cogne, Italy, 23-27 June. Registration deadline 20 June
- Erice International School/Workshop of Nuclear Physics, 46th course on 'QCD under extreme conditions - present and future', Erice, Italy. 15 September. registration deadline 1 July
- 1st PhyStat School of Statistics Statistics in the era of Machine Learning, The Netherlands, 17 November, registration deadline 30 June
- 8th edition of the cross-disciplinary International Summer School INFIERI series, Pisa Italy, 1-13 September 2025, Registration deadline: 30 June.
- 53rd SLAC Summer Institute, “Pathways to New Physics., Stanford, USA, 28 July, abstract deadline 24 July
Upcoming major conferences
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JUNIOR'S CORNER
- Message from Junior representatives (Bianca, Florian, Rohaan):
- Early-career researcher input for the European Strategy for Particle Physics: hybrid event on Tuesday, 27 May (1.00–4.00 p.m. CEST) to explore and discuss these recommendations and to reflect together on how to move forward as a community. The event is open to all, regardless of career stage or affiliation. We warmly welcome your participation and input.
- Following the LHC-wide mental health survey conducted in 2023, which was developed by the ALICE Junior representatives, the ALICE Diversity office and Sarah Speziali, we are happy to announce that the results of the survey are finally analyzed and publicly available as a combined CMS and ALICE public note:
Assessing the mental health state of LHC scientists (ALICE-PUBLIC-2025-001,CMS NOTE-2025/001)
The note contains answers from all four LHC experiments, and was not only limited to junior members of the collaborations. We thank everyone who participated and hope that the note will serve as a basis for future initiatives.
- 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.
- ALICE Theses website
- Guidelines for ALICE Thesis Video: a ~3 min video summarizing the key results of PhD thesis.
- Early-career researcher input for the European Strategy for Particle Physics: hybrid event on Tuesday, 27 May (1.00–4.00 p.m. CEST) to explore and discuss these recommendations and to reflect together on how to move forward as a community. The event is open to all, regardless of career stage or affiliation. We warmly welcome your participation and input.
OUTREACH NEWS
ALICE visits
- Saturday 14 June 2025
- International School of Bremen, Germany
- Steyning Grammar School, UK
- Tuesday 17 June 2025
- Waldschule Hagen, Germany
- Professional visitors (CNNC), China
- French interns
- Wednesday 18 June 2025
- visitors from Canada
- Thursday 19 June 2025
- Stuttgart Travel Club, USA
- 4th Upper High School of Karditsa, Greece
- ALICE member’s friends, Italy
- Friday 20 June 2025
- Slovak Jazz Musicians, Slovakia
- IES de Murgados, Spain
- colleague’s friends, Lithuania, Germany
- Recent Social Media Highlights:
- ALICE eyes the cosmos
- ALICE measures a rare Ω baryon
- ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
- Quark Matter 2025 highlights
- 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
- ALICE Muon Spectrometer
- Getting lead to the LHC? How?
- ALICE is gearing up for QM 2025!
- 11 Feb: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- "The Other 99%"
- ALICE Christmas video
- Early Morning Coffee at CERN podcast Episode 3: Turning lead into primordial soup with Marco Van LeeuwenInstagram Live from ALICE cavern with Jiyoung Kim, Kai Schweda, and Simone Ragoni
- QGP at 50: Facebook, X/Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram
DIVERSITY
- Work Well Feel Well: Emotions: forces for transformation: Part eight of the Work Well Feel Well series looks at how to acknowledge and manage our emotions!
- 25 by ’25 Gender Diversity Progress:
The latest data shows remarkable progress toward the 25% gender diversity target, originally deemed unattainable by experts due to low staff turnover. We are now less than 0.5% away from the goal! A special thank you to Hiring Managers for their dedication to “conscious hiring” over the past years. With a diverse feeder pool of students and grads, we are optimistic that this will result in increased gender diversity among staff in the medium and long term. More info ....
- D&I Volunteer Networks:
- SNAC (Neurodiversity) Network:
The network, set to officially launch in Q1 2025, already has over 60 members. Recent feedback from a participant highlighted the value of connecting with others who share similar neurodivergent traits.
- Coordinator position open for The Network for persons with Disability:
The role involves acting as a contact point for disability-related questions, participating in Diversity & Inclusion Roundtable meetings, and monitoring projects aimed at improving working conditions for people with disabilities at CERN. Please contact Jean-Yves Le-Meur for more details.
- SNAC (Neurodiversity) Network:
- 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
Please refer to Job Announcements link for details.
Have a nice weekend and a great week ahead!