Speaker
Description
The high collision energies reached at the LHC enable significant production rates of light (anti-)nuclei in proton-proton (pp), proton-lead (p-Pb) and in lead-lead (Pb-Pb) collisions.
The excellent particle identification capabilities of the ALICE detector, based on the specific energy loss in the time projection chamber and the velocity information from the time-of-flight detector, are exploited to identify rarely produced particles such as deuterons, 3H, 3He, 4He and their antiparticles, in addition to light hadrons.
We present a comprehensive set of results on the production of light nuclei and anti-nuclei from LHC Run1 and Run2 in all the available collision systems and at various energies, and compare with predictions from thermal (statistical) models and alternatives using coalescence.
| Preferred Track | Collective Dynamics |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | ALICE |
