(Hyper)nuclei and anti-(hyper)nuclei production in Pb-Pb collisions in ALICE at LHC. (April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Colocci, Manuel
• Other Names: collab.
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Number 612(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-04
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/612/1/012065
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Abstract: The ALICE detector at the LHC is used to study Pb-Pb collisions at = 2.76 TeV. At this energy almost equal amounts of matter and anti-matter are produced in the central rapidity region. This in turn enables the production of (hyper)nuclei and anti- (hyper)nuclei, which are measured with nearly identical abundances. Thanks to its high quality tracking and particle identification capabilities, the ALICE detector allows the investigation of these rarely produced (anti-)matter states. Preliminary results on the production of light (anti-)nuclei and (anti-)hypernuclei, and a search for exotic bound states are discussed in this article.