1st ALICE Experiment and Heavy-Ion Physics School

3 Nov 2025, 07:30 → 9 Nov 2025, 18:00 Asia/Shanghai

The 1st ALICE Experiment and Heavy-Ion Physics School will be hosted by Fudan University in Shanghai, China. The school will take place from November 3rd to 9th 2025 at No.1 Interdisciplinary Research Building  Jiangwan Campus, Fudan University (复旦大学江湾校区一号交叉学科楼). Please note that November 2nd is reserved for registration and welcome reception.

Are you curious about the physics of the early universe, the nature of nuclear matter under extreme conditions, and how modern experiments recreate the hottest and densest state of matter ever achieved in the laboratory?

The school introduces students to the exciting field of relativistic heavy-ion collisions, where nuclei are accelerated to nearly the speed of light and smashed together to create the quark–gluon plasma (QGP) — a state of matter that existed microseconds after the Big Bang.

The school will focus on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

• ALICE detector
• Heavy-ion physics
• Machine learning
• Heavy quarks and quarkonia
• Polarization
• Ultra-peripheral collisions

The school is designed for motivated undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in particle physics, nuclear physics, or computational science. Prior coursework in quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics is helpful but not strictly required.

Through a combination of lectures, discussions, and hands-on activities, participants will:

• Gain a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts in high-energy nuclear physics
• Learn about the LHC-ALICE experiment at CERN, including detectors, observables, and cutting-edge discoveries
• Explore key research topics such as heavy-flavor probes and polarization
• Develop essential skills in data analysis and simulation that are widely applicable in both physics research and interdisciplinary fields

Join us to discover how the smallest building blocks of nature behave in the most extreme environments — and to become part of an international research community at the frontier of modern physics.

 

Local organizing committee:

Song Zhang (song_zhang@fudan.edu.cn)
Qiye Shou (shouqiye@fudan.edu.cn) 
Jianhui Zhu (zhujianhui@fudan.edu.cn)

Local organizing secretary:

Wenting Yu (yuwenting@fudan.edu.cn)

 

Monday 3 November

09:00 → 10:00 Application: nuclear medicine

Speaker: Dieter Rohrich

10:00 → 10:20 Questions and discussions

10:20 → 10:40 Coffee break

10:40 → 11:40 Analysis: O2 and O2Physics I

Speaker: David Dobrigkeit Chinellato

11:40 → 12:00 Questions and discussions

14:00 → 15:00 Detector: TOF I

Speaker: Francesco Noferini

15:00 → 15:20 Questions and discussions

15:20 → 15:40 Coffee break

15:40 → 16:40 Detector: FOCAL

Speaker: Dieter Rohrich

16:40 → 17:00 Questions and discussions

17:00 → 18:00 Analysis: O2 and O2Physics II

Speaker: David Dobrigkeit Chinellato

18:00 → 18:20 Questions and discussions

Tuesday 4 November

09:00 → 10:00 Theory: heavy-ion physics I

Speaker: Pengfei Zhuang

10:00 → 10:20 Questions and discussions

10:20 → 10:40 Coffee break

10:40 → 11:40 Experiment: ALICE I

Speaker: Federico Antinori

11:40 → 12:00 Questions and discussions

14:00 → 15:00 Detector: TOF II

Speaker: Francesco Noferini

15:00 → 15:20 Questions and discussions

15:20 → 15:40 Coffee break

15:40 → 16:40 Theory: heavy-ion physics II

Speaker: Pengfei Zhuang

16:40 → 17:00 Questions and discussions

17:00 → 18:00 Experiment: ALICE II

Speaker: Federico Antinori

18:00 → 18:20 Questions and discussions

Wednesday 5 November

09:00 → 10:00 Experiment: ALICE III

Speaker: Federico Antinori

10:00 → 10:20 Questions and discussions

10:20 → 10:40 Coffee break

10:40 → 11:40 Detector: TPC I

Speaker: Alexander Schmah

11:40 → 12:00 Questions and discussions

14:00 → 15:00 Theory: quarkonia

Speaker: Pengfei Zhuang

15:00 → 15:20 Questions and discussions

15:20 → 15:40 Coffee break

15:40 → 16:40 Experiment: quarkonia

Speaker: Ionut Cristian Arsene

16:40 → 17:00 Questions and discussions

17:00 → 18:00 Detector: TPC II

Speaker: Alexander Schmah

18:00 → 18:20 Questions and discussions

Thursday 6 November

09:00 → 10:00 Machine learning I (TBD)

Speaker: Longgang Pang

10:00 → 10:20 Questions and discussions

10:20 → 10:40 Coffee break

10:40 → 11:40 Simulation: Monte Carlo

Speaker: Marco Giacalone

11:40 → 12:00 Questions and discussions

14:00 → 15:00 Machine learning II (TBD)

Speaker: Longgang Pang

15:00 → 15:20 Questions and discussions

15:20 → 15:40 Coffee break

15:40 → 16:40 Simulation: generators

Speaker: Marco Giacalone

16:40 → 17:00 Questions and discussions

Friday 7 November

09:00 → 10:00 Theory: open heavy flavor (TBD)

10:00 → 10:20 Questions and discussions

10:20 → 10:40 Coffee break

10:40 → 11:40 Detector: ITS I (TBD)

11:40 → 12:00 Questions and discussions

14:00 → 15:00 Experiment: open heavy flavor (TBD)

15:00 → 15:20 Questions and discussions

15:20 → 15:40 Coffee break

15:40 → 16:40 Detector: ITS II (TBD)

16:40 → 17:00 Questions and discussions

Saturday 8 November

09:00 → 10:00 Theory: Polarization (TBD)

Speaker: Qun Wang

10:00 → 10:20 Questions and discussions

10:20 → 10:40 Coffee break

10:40 → 11:40 Experiment: polarization (TBD)

Speaker: Qinghua Xu

11:40 → 12:00 Questions and discussions

14:00 → 15:00 Theory: UPC (TBD)

Speaker: Jian Zhou

15:00 → 15:20 Questions and discussions

15:20 → 15:40 Coffee break

15:40 → 16:40 Experiment: UPC (TBD)

Speaker: Zaochen Ye

16:40 → 17:00 Questions and discussions

Sunday 9 November

09:00 → 10:00 Future: ALICE 3 I (TBD)

Speaker: Jochen Klein

10:00 → 10:20 Questions and discussions

10:20 → 10:40 Coffee break

10:40 → 11:40 Future: EIC, EICC and HIAF I (TBD)

Speaker: Hongxi Xing

11:40 → 12:00 Questions and discussions

14:00 → 15:00 Future: ALICE 3 II (TBD)

Speaker: Jochen Klein

15:00 → 15:20 Questions and discussions

15:20 → 15:40 Coffee break

15:40 → 16:40 Future: EIC, EICC and HIAF II (TBD)

Speaker: Hongxi Xing

16:40 → 17:00 Questions and discussions