Low-x QCD at the LHC with the ALICE detector

Abstract

We give a brief review of the physics of gluon saturation and non-linear QCD evolution at small values of the Bjorken-$x$ variable. We discuss the ALICE capability for low-$x$ studies at the LHC. In particular, we concentrate on the heavy quark production in the CGC framework and its observation with the ALICE Muon Spectrometer.

7 pages, 2 figures, Talk given at Excited QCD 2009, winter meeting on QCD, 8-14 February 09, Zakopane, Poland