Search for light (anti)hypernuclei with the ALICE detector at the LHC

• Grant number: 12/20730-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: January 01, 2013
• End date: December 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Alexandre Alarcon do Passo Suaide
• Grantee: Caio Laganá Fernandes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

We propose a search for light (anti)hypernuclei with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The study is based in a previous work done by the STAR collaboration at RHIC, where the anti-hypertriton (the lightest anti-hypernuclei, composed by $\bar{p}\bar{n}\bar\Lambda$) was first observed. The energetic frontier available at LHC, together with new experimental techniques present at ALICE, make possible new investigations that could not be done at STAR.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FERNANDES, Caio Laganá. Evidence of existence of the nn hypernucleus with the ALICE detector. 2017. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI) São Paulo.