Online ALICE masterclass for Royal University of Bhutan

Wednesday 10 Sept 2025, 10:00 → 14:40 Europe/Zurich

An online event, including

• introduction to CERN 
• introduction to particle physics and the ALICE experiment, 
• virtual visit to ALICE (the ALICE detector 52 m underground and the experiment's control room on the surface)
• hands-on activity : analysis of ALICE data from proton-proton and lead-lead collisions; identification of strange particles (kaons, Lambdas, antilambdas) and observation of strangeness enhancement in lead-lead collisions with respect to proton-proton

alice-intro1-intro2.pdf

alice-intro1-intro2.pptx

ALICE masterclass description

alice-medium.pdf

alice-medium.pptx

International Masterclasses web site

link for analysis

link for results

10:00 → 10:10 Welcome

Speakers: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), Tapan Nayak (CERN, Geneva and University of Houston)

10:10 → 10:30 Introduction to CERN: International Collaboration and Opportunities

Speaker: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

despina-bhutan.pdf

despina-bhutan.pptx

Tsesmelis Bhutan March 2025.pdf

Tsesmelis Bhutan March 2025.pptx

10:30 → 11:30 Particle physics, heavy ion physics, the ALICE experiment

Speaker: Tapan Nayak (CERN, Geneva and University of Houston)

2025-Sep-Masterclasses-Tapan-Nayak.pdf

11:30 → 11:50 VIrtual tour of the installations of ALICE and of the Control Room

Speaker: Roberto Divia (CERN)

11:50 → 12:00 coffee break

12:00 → 12:20 Introduction to the data analysis

Speaker: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

alice-intro1-intro2.pdf

alice-intro1-intro2.pptx

12:20 → 13:35 Analysis of pp and PbPb collision data from ALICE

Speaker: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

information on ALΙCE strange particle masterclass

link to results

link to the analysis site

13:35 → 13:45 Discussion of results

Speaker: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))

13:45 → 14:00 Quizz

Speaker: Despina Hatzifotiadou (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))