2024 Heavy-ion collisions

CERN News: 

• Record data for the LHC in 2024
• Accelerator Report: Lead ions at the heart of the accelerator complex
• Heavy-ion run at the LHC begins
• Accelerator Report: Lead ions take the stage
• Accelerator Report: Ending the 2024 LHC proton run on a high note

On 6 November 2024 at 11.13 am, a new heavy-ion run began at the LHC, smashing together lead ions, containing 208 nucleons (82 protons and 126 neutrons), at an energy of 5.36 TeV per nucleon pair. The lead-ion collisions ended at 6 AM on 25 November.

End of Run party: 25 November

ALICE End of Run Party: 25 November 2024

Link to the event display and pictures in CDS

Social Media Highlights: 

• Instagram Live from ALICE cavern: with Kai Schweda, Jiyoung Kim, and Simone Ragoni
• QGP at 50: Facebook, X/Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram
• A successful physics season with Kai Schweda: Facebook, X/Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram
• Getting Ready for Heavy Ions Video with Andrea Ferrero, Robert Munzer and Meike Danish: Facebook, X/Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram
• #AskAPhysicist series on CERN Social Media – video part 3 with Chiara Pinto, Tulika Tripathy and Ananya Rai: facebook, X/Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram
• #AskAPhysicist series on CERN Social Media – video part 2 with Chiara Pinto, Tulika Tripathy and Ananya Rai: facebook, X/Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram
• #AskAPhysicist series on CERN Social Media – video part 1 with Chiara Pinto, Tulika Tripathy and Ananya Rai: facebook, X/Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram
• True or False: heavy-ion edition with Marco Van Leeuwen: facebook, X/Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram
• Heavy-ion run at the LHC begins: Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram
• VIP visits to ALICE on 1 October 2024 (CERN 70)
• Happy 70^th anniversary CERN
• ALICE Probes the strong interaction three-body probelm
• We reached 500
• 🎶The ALICE experiment is red, Our magnets are blue, It’s CERN’s birthday, And we want to celebrate with you🎶
• Can you guess their profession (Tapan)?
• Instagram Live from ACR (6 Aug 2024)