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Special features of detectors, electronics, and trigger system of the ALICE setup

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Special features and parameters of detectors, front-end electronics, and trigger electronics of the ALICE setup, which is intended for investigations of ultrarelativistic nucleon-nucleon collisions at the LHC and for studies of heavy ion collisions, starting from protons to several types of ions, which have 5.5 TeV/nucleon energy in the center of mass, are described. One of the first collisions of lead ions was recorded by the ALICE detector on November 8, 2010.

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Original Russian Text © N.M. Nikityuk, V.N. Samoilov, 2012, published in Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2012, Vol. 43, No. 4.

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Nikityuk, N.M., Samoilov, V.N. Special features of detectors, electronics, and trigger system of the ALICE setup. Phys. Part. Nuclei 43, 492–522 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779612040065

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