1. 9.3.2007 Vojtěch Petráček FNSPE CTU, CFRJS Michal Šumbera NPI ASCR, CFRJS Heavy Ion Physics in Czech Republic StructureExperimentsResults

2. Structure of activities in Heavy Ion Physics CERES NA 45 CTU in Prague Faculty of Nuclear Sciences Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering Nuclear Physics InstituteASCR Charles University in Prague Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Institute of Physics ASCR Center for Physics of Ultra-relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

3. Experiments ExperimentPreparationConstructionRunning Data analysis ALICE-+-- ATLAS HI -+-- STAR upgrade preparation -++ NA45 CERES ---+ NA57/WA97---+ CBM+--- HADES--++

4. Research teams CTU FNSPE Miloš Pachr, Vojtěch Petráček, Libor Škoda, Vladimír Wágner, Boris Tomašík, Petr Jizba, Vladimír Pospíšil, Jiří Král, David Tlustý, Martin Kroupa, Michal Petráň, Radek Šmakal, Filip Mohyla, Jan Rusňák, Jaroslav Adam CTU FNSPE Miloš Pachr, Vojtěch Petráček, Libor Škoda, Vladimír Wágner, Boris Tomašík, Petr Jizba, Vladimír Pospíšil, Jiří Král, David Tlustý, Martin Kroupa, Michal Petráň, Radek Šmakal, Filip Mohyla, Jan Rusňák, Jaroslav Adam Staff 5.5, 1 PhD student, 8 undergraduate students (+4FTE from ‘07 ) NPI ASCR Michal Šumbera,Andrej Kugler,Dagmar Adamová,Světlana Kušpilová,Vasilij Kušpil,Imrich Zborovský,Pavel Tlustý, Vladimír Wágner, Michal Zerola, Filip Křížěk, T. Krása, Petr Chaloupka, Michal Bysterský, Pavel Jakl, Jan Kapitán, NPI ASCR Michal Šumbera,Andrej Kugler,Dagmar Adamová,Světlana Kušpilová,Vasilij Kušpil,Imrich Zborovský,Pavel Tlustý, Vladimír Wágner, Michal Zerola, Filip Křížěk, T. Krása, Petr Chaloupka, Michal Bysterský, Pavel Jakl, Jan Kapitán, Staff 8.5, 5 PhD students, 1 undergraduate students (+2FTE from ‘07 ) IP ASCR Petr Závada,Jiří A. Mareš, Karel Polák, Martin Nikl, Eva Mihóková, A.Beitlerová, J. Pejchal IP ASCR Petr Závada,Jiří A. Mareš, Karel Polák, Martin Nikl, Eva Mihóková, A.Beitlerová, J. Pejchal Staff 6, 1 PhD student Charles University Jiří Dolejší, Martin Spousta Charles University Jiří Dolejší, Martin Spousta Staff 1, 1 PhD student

5. Physics motivation Creation of hot, dense and deconfined medium Creation of hot, dense and deconfined medium Study of properties of this medium Study of properties of this medium Study of hadronization and thermalization Study of hadronization and thermalization Study of collective phenomena Study of collective phenomena Exploration of new phenomena Exploration of new phenomena PHASE DIAGRAM OF QCD MATTER PHASE DIAGRAM OF QCD MATTER

6. ALICE ITS Local detector calibration Local detector calibration Detector Control System of SDD Detector Control System of SDD Tests of Silicon drift detectors, detector selection for assembly Tests of Silicon drift detectors, detector selection for assembly Inner Tracking System With integrated SDD And SSD layers SDD beam tests Evaluation of SDD radiation tolerance Low Voltage Power supply System for SDD DetectorControlSystem Bulkdopinginhomogenities Microcable testers for SDD hybrid readout electronics

7. ALICE PHOS Production of PHOS support structure Production of PHOS support structure „CRADLE“ in TENEZ Chotěboř „CRADLE“ in TENEZ Chotěboř Tests of PWO crystals Tests of PWO crystals for 2. and 3. PHOS supermodule for 2. and 3. PHOS supermodule Preparation of new PWO scintilator crystals Preparation of new PWO scintilator crystals with non-stechiometric Ba, Mo and Y doping with non-stechiometric Ba, Mo and Y doping PHOS CRADLE in design and in reality CRADLE during the transport down to the experiment

8. ALICE Physics Heavy quark production p-p and A-A collisions Heavy quark production p-p and A-A collisions D meson flow D meson flow Energy loss of light and heavy quarks in deconfined matter Energy loss of light and heavy quarks in deconfined matter High Pt particle correlations High Pt particle correlations Systematics of particle production in p-p and A-A Systematics of particle production in p-p and A-A Femtoscopy – correlation of identical and non-identical particles Femtoscopy – correlation of identical and non-identical particles Event-by-event physics - jet detection in A-A, DCC and detection of granular source by MRA Event-by-event physics - jet detection in A-A, DCC and detection of granular source by MRA Study of early stages of the HI collision Study of early stages of the HI collision

9. ATLAS Heavy Ion Jets and jet quenching in HI collision at ATLAS... More details in talk of R. Leitner

10. STAR Development of DAQ ASIC for Active Pixel Sensor Heavy Flavor Tracker for STAR upgrade Open charm measurement First high statistics measurements of  -  correlations Coulomb and strong FSI were observed Sensitivity to source size in  peak was found New spherical harmonics representation of data allowed us to observe clear shift between average emission points of pi and X sources in qualitative agreement with transversally expanding source. central vs peripheral  -  correlations

11. NA45/CERESCERES NA 45 Operation of Silicon drift detectors and RICH electronics Low mass di-lepton spectrum Low mass di-lepton spectrum  K + K - and  e + e - reconstruction  K + K - and  e + e - reconstruction  -  and  - p correlations  -  and  - p correlations Transverse momentum fluctuations Transverse momentum fluctuations High Pt particle correlation High Pt particle correlation Particle flow Particle flow Open charm reconstruction Open charm reconstruction

12. NA57/WA97 Strangeness enhancement grows Strangeness enhancement grows with the strangeness of the produced hadron. up to a factor 20 for the Omega baryons! with the strangeness of the produced hadron. up to a factor 20 for the Omega baryons! Study of strange and multi-strange baryon Study of strange and multi-strange baryon production in lead-lead collisions production in lead-lead collisions

13. CBM Participation in Silicon Tracking System and Micro-Vertex Detector Participation in Silicon Tracking System and Micro-Vertex Detector Contribution in detector control system, power supply system Contribution in detector control system, power supply system Silicon detector testing and assembly Silicon detector testing and assembly HADES experiment will be incorporated HADES experiment will be incorporated Open charm measurement Open charm measurement Event-by-event fluctuations Event-by-event fluctuations Study of compressed baryonic matter near the critical point of the QCD phase diagram

14. HADES Low mass di-lepton measurement Participation in Time of Flight detector e+e- invariant mass distributions Forward Hodoscope Data analysis: coordination of hadron physics

15. Summary and outlook HI community consists of 21 scientists, 8 PhD students and 9 undergraduate students HI community consists of 21 scientists, 8 PhD students and 9 undergraduate students Coordinated education of students Coordinated education of students Experiments cover wide range of nuclear matter conditions Experiments cover wide range of nuclear matter conditions Rich experimental program Rich experimental program Equilibrated detector construction, operation and physics analysis Equilibrated detector construction, operation and physics analysis LHC coming soon... LHC coming soon...