Planning complements the next big accelerators
The startup of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is imminent, and much of the particle physics community's attention has shifted to Geneva, Switzerland.
In 2023, the ALICE experiment was ready for their best year yet, until a mysterious signal threatened everything. As the LHC wraps up its 2025 lead-ion run, physicists recall how they worked together to solve the puzzle.