Photon-hadron and photon-photon collisions in ALICE

Abstract

A review is given on photon-hadron and photon-photon collisions in the ALICE experiment. The physics motivation for studying such reactions is outlined, and the results obtained in proton-lead and lead-lead collisions in Run 1 of the LHC are discussed. The improvement in detector rapidity coverage due to a newly added detector system is presented. The ALICE perspectives for data taking in LHC Run II are summarised.

10 pages, 10 figures, Proceedings PHOTON 2015 Conference, 15-19 June, 2015, Budker Institute, Novosibirsk

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