Speaker
Eugenio Scapparone
(BO)
Description
The latest ALICE results collected in the pp, p-Pb and Pb-Pb runs at the LHC are presented. The energy evolution of the main observables describing the features of the heavy ion interaction at high energies is discussed: J/psi suppression, fluid hydrodynamics and hard probes are shedding light on the properties of the matter in the high temperature nuclear fireball created at energies up to √sNN=5.02 TeV. In addition, smaller collision systems (pp or p-Pb) look hotter than expected, showing few interesting cumulative effects. In the next p-Pb run, ALICE will continue to search for gluon saturation in the proton at higher energies, with the photon-proton centre of mass energy exceeding 1 TeV. A short description of the forthcoming ALICE upgrades will be presented.
Primary author
Eugenio Scapparone
(BO)
