CERN Accelerating science

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Report number CERN-LHCC-2012-012 ; LHCC-I-022 ; ALICE-UG-002
Title Upgrade of the ALICE Experiment: Letter of Intent
Author(s)

Abelev, B (LLNL, Livermore) ; Adam, J (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Adamová, D (Rez, Nucl. Phys. Inst.) ; Aggarwal, M M (Panjab U., Chandigarh, Dept. Phys.) ; Aglieri Rinella, G (CERN) ; Agnello, M (Turin Polytechnic ; INFN, Turin) ; Agostinelli, A (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Agrawal, N (Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) ; Ahammed, Z (Calcutta, VECC) ; Ahmad, N (Aligarh Muslim U.) ; Ahmad Masoodi, A (Aligarh Muslim U.) ; Ahmed, I (COMSATS, Islamabad) ; Ahn, S U (KISTI, Daejeon) ; Ahn, S A (KISTI, Daejeon) ; Aimo, I (Turin Polytechnic ; INFN, Turin) ; Aiola, S (Yale U. (main)) ; Ajaz, M (COMSATS, Islamabad) ; Akindinov, A (Moscow, ITEP) ; Aleksandrov, D (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Alessandro, B (INFN, Turin) ; Alexandre, D (Birmingham U.) ; Alici, A (INFN, Bologna ; Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome) ; Alkin, A (BITP, Kiev) ; Alme, J (Bergen Coll. Higher Educ.) ; Alt, T (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Altini, V (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Altinpinar, S (Bergen U.) ; Altsybeev, I (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Alves Garcia Prado, C (U. Sao Paulo (main)) ; Anderssen, E C (LBNL, Berkeley) ; Andrei, C (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Andronic, A (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Anguelov, V (Heidelberg U.) ; Anielski, J (Munster U.) ; Anticic, T (Boskovic Inst., Zagreb) ; Antinori, F (INFN, Padua) ; Antonioli, P (INFN, Bologna) ; Aphecetche, L (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Appelshäuser, H (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Arbor, N (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Arcelli, S (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Armesto, N (Santiago de Compostela U. ; Santiago de Compostela U., IGFAE) ; Arnaldi, R (INFN, Turin) ; Aronsson, T (Yale U. (main)) ; Arsene, I C (Oslo U. ; Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Arslandok, M (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Augustinus, A (CERN) ; Averbeck, R (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Awes, T C (ORNL, Oak Ridge (main)) ; Azmi, M D (Aligarh Muslim U. ; Cape Town U.) ; Bach, M (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Badalà, A (INFN, Catania) ; Baek, Y W (Gangneung-Wonju Natl. U. ; Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Bagnasco, S (INFN, Turin) ; Bailhache, R (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Bairathi, V (Rajasthan U.) ; Bala, R (Jammu U.) ; Baldisseri, A (IRFU, Saclay) ; Baltasar Dos Santos Pedrosa, F (CERN) ; Bán, J (Kosice, IEF) ; Baral, R C (Bhubaneswar, Inst. Phys.) ; Barbera, R (Catania U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Barile, F (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Barnaföldi, G G (Wigner RCP, Budapest) ; Barnby, L S (Birmingham U.) ; Barret, V (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Bartke, J (Cracow, INP) ; Basile, M (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Bastian Van Beelen, J (CERN) ; Bastid, N (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Basu, S (Calcutta, VECC) ; Bathen, B (Munster U.) ; Batigne, G (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Battistin, M (CERN) ; Batyunya, B (Dubna, JINR) ; Batzing, P C (Oslo U.) ; Baudot, J (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Baumann, C (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Bearden, I G (Bohr Inst.) ; Beck, H (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Bedda, C (Turin Polytechnic) ; Behera, N K (Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) ; Belikov, I (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Bellini, F (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Bellwied, R (U. Houston (main)) ; Belmont-Moreno, E (Mexico U.) ; Bencedi, G (Wigner RCP, Budapest) ; Benettoni, M (INFN, Padua) ; Benotto, F (INFN, Turin) ; Beole, S (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Berceanu, I (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Bercuci, A (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Berdnikov, Y (St. Petersburg, INP ; St. Petersburg Polytechnic Inst.) ; Berenyi, D (Wigner RCP, Budapest) ; Berger, M E (Tech. U., Munich (main)) ; Bertens, R A (Utrecht U.) ; Berzano, D (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Besson, A (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Betev, L (CERN) ; Bhasin, A (Jammu U.) ; Bhati, A K (Panjab U., Chandigarh, Dept. Phys.) ; Bhatti, A (COMSATS, Islamabad) ; Bhattacharjee, B (Gauhati U.) ; Bhom, J (Tsukuba U. (main)) ; Bianchi, L (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Bianchi, N (Frascati) ; Bianchin, C (Utrecht U.) ; Bielcík, J (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Bielcíková, J (Rez, Nucl. Phys. Inst.) ; Bilandzic, A (Bohr Inst.) ; Bjelogrlic, S (Utrecht U.) ; Blanco, F (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Blau, D (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Blume, C (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Bock, F (Heidelberg U. ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Boehmer, F V (Tech. U., Munich (main)) ; Bogdanov, A (Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.) ; Boggild, H (Bohr Inst.) ; Bogolyubsky, M (Serpukhov, IHEP) ; Boldizsár, L (Wigner RCP, Budapest) ; Bombara, M (Kosice U.) ; Book, J (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Borel, H (IRFU, Saclay) ; Borissov, A (Wayne State U., Detroit ; Pusan Natl. U.) ; Bornschein, J (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Borshchov, V N (BITP, Kiev) ; Bortolin, C (CERN) ; Bossú, F (iThemba LABS) ; Botje, M (NIKHEF, Amsterdam) ; Botta, E (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Böttger, S (Goethe U., Frankfurt (main)) ; Braun-Munzinger, P (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Breitner, T (Goethe U., Frankfurt (main)) ; Broker, T A (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Browning, T A (Purdue U., West Lafayette) ; Broz, M (Comenius U.) ; Bruna, E (INFN, Turin) ; Bruno, G E (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Budnikov, D (RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov) ; Buesching, H (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Bufalino, S (INFN, Turin) ; Buncic, P (CERN) ; Busch, O (Heidelberg U.) ; Buthelezi, Z (iThemba LABS) ; Caffarri, D (Padua U. ; INFN, Padua) ; Cai, X (CCNU, Wuhan) ; Caines, H (Yale U. (main)) ; Caliva, A (Utrecht U.) ; Calvo Villar, E (Lima, Pont. U. Catolica) ; Camerini, P (Trieste U. ; INFN, Trieste) ; Canoa Roman, V (CERN) ; Carena, F (CERN) ; Carena, W (CERN) ; Cariola, P (INFN, Bari) ; Carminati, F (CERN) ; Casanova Díaz, A (Frascati) ; Castillo Castellanos, J (IRFU, Saclay) ; Casula, E A R (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Catanescu, V (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Caudron, T (CERN) ; Cavicchioli, C (CERN) ; Ceballos Sanchez, C (Havana, CEADEN) ; Cepila, J (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Cerello, P (INFN, Turin) ; Chang, B (Jyvaskyla U.) ; Chapeland, S (CERN) ; Charvet, J L (IRFU, Saclay) ; Chattopadhyay, S (Calcutta, VECC) ; Chattopadhyay, S (Saha Inst.) ; Cherney, M (Creighton U.) ; Cheshkov, C (IPN, Lyon) ; Cheynis, B (IPN, Lyon) ; Chibante Barroso, V (CERN) ; Chinellato, D D (U. Houston (main) ; U. Campinas) ; Chochula, P (CERN) ; Chojnacki, M (Bohr Inst.) ; Choudhury, S (Calcutta, VECC) ; Christakoglou, P (NIKHEF, Amsterdam) ; Christensen, C H (Bohr Inst.) ; Christiansen, P (Lund U.) ; Chujo, T (Tsukuba U. (main)) ; Chung, S U (Pusan Natl. U.) ; Cicalo, C (INFN, Cagliari) ; Cifarelli, L (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Cindolo, F (INFN, Bologna) ; Claus, G (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Cleymans, J (Cape Town U.) ; Colamaria, F (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Colella, D (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Coli, S (INFN, Turin) ; Colledani, C (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Collu, A (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Colocci, M (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Conesa Balbastre, G (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Conesa del Valle, Z (Orsay, IPN ; CERN) ; Connors, M E (Yale U. (main)) ; Contin, G (Trieste U. ; INFN, Trieste) ; Contreras, J G (CINVESTAV, IPN ; Merida, IPN) ; Cormier, T M (ORNL, Oak Ridge (main) ; Wayne State U., Detroit) ; Corrales Morales, Y (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Cortese, P (Piemonte Orientale U., Alessandria ; INFN, Turin) ; Cortés Maldonado, I (Puebla U., Mexico) ; Cosentino, M R (LBNL, Berkeley ; U. Sao Paulo (main)) ; Costa, F (CERN) ; Crochet, P (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Cruz Albino, R (CINVESTAV, IPN ; Merida, IPN) ; Cuautle, E (Mexico U., ICN) ; Cunqueiro, L (Frascati ; CERN) ; Dainese, A (INFN, Padua) ; Dang, R (CCNU, Wuhan) ; Danu, A (Bucharest, Inst. Space Sciences) ; Da Riva, E (CERN) ; Das, D (Saha Inst.) ; Das, I (Orsay, IPN) ; Das, K (Saha Inst.) ; Das, S (Bose Inst., Kolkata ; CAPSS, Kolkata) ; Dash, A (U. Campinas) ; Dash, S (Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) ; De, S (Calcutta, VECC) ; Decosse, C (CERN) ; Delagrange, H (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Deloff, A (NCBJ, Swierk) ; Dénes, E (Wigner RCP, Budapest) ; D'Erasmo, G (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; de Barros, G O V (U. Sao Paulo (main)) ; De Caro, A (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno) ; de Cataldo, G (INFN, Bari) ; de Cuveland, J (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; De Falco, A (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; De Gruttola, D (Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno ; Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome) ; De Marco, N (INFN, Turin) ; De Pasquale, S (Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno) ; De Robertis, G (INFN, Bari) ; De Roo, K (NIKHEF, Amsterdam) ; de Rooij, R (Utrecht U.) ; Diaz Corchero, M A (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Dietel, T (Munster U. ; Cape Town U.) ; Divià, R (CERN) ; Di Bari, D (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Di Liberto, S (INFN, Rome) ; Di Mauro, A (CERN) ; Di Nezza, P (Frascati) ; Djuvsland, o (Bergen U.) ; Dobrin, A (Utrecht U.) ; Dobrowolski, T (NCBJ, Swierk) ; Domenicis Gimenez, D (U. Sao Paulo (main)) ; Dönigus, B (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Dordic, O (Oslo U.) ; Dorheim, S (Tech. U., Munich (main)) ; Dorokhov, A (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Doziere, G (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Dubey, A K (Calcutta, VECC) ; Dubla, A (Utrecht U.) ; Ducroux, L (IPN, Lyon) ; Dulinski, W (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Dupieux, P (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Dutta Majumdar, A K (Saha Inst.) ; Ehlers III, R J (Yale U. (main)) ; Elia, D (INFN, Bari) ; Engel, H (Goethe U., Frankfurt (main)) ; Erazmus, B (CERN ; SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Erdal, H A (Bergen Coll. Higher Educ.) ; Eschweiler, D (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Espagnon, B (Orsay, IPN) ; Estienne, M (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Esumi, S (Tsukuba U. (main)) ; Evans, D (Birmingham U.) ; Evdokimov, S (Serpukhov, IHEP) ; Eyyubova, G (Oslo U.) ; Fabris, D (INFN, Padua) ; Faivre, J (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Falchieri, D (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Fantoni, A (Frascati) ; Fasel, M (Heidelberg U.) ; Fehlker, D (Bergen U.) ; Feldkamp, L (Munster U.) ; Felea, D (Bucharest, Inst. Space Sciences) ; Feliciello, A (INFN, Turin) ; Feofilov, G (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Ferencei, J (Rez, Nucl. Phys. Inst.) ; Fernández Téllez, A (Puebla U., Mexico) ; Ferreiro, E G (Santiago de Compostela U. ; Santiago de Compostela U., IGFAE) ; Ferretti, A (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Festanti, A (Padua U. ; INFN, Padua) ; Figiel, J (Cracow, INP) ; Figueredo, M A S (U. Sao Paulo (main) ; U. Liverpool (main)) ; Filchagin, S (RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov) ; Finogeev, D (Moscow, INR) ; Fionda, F M (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Fiore, E M (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Fiorenza, G (INFN, Bari) ; Floratos, E (Athens U.) ; Floris, M (CERN) ; Foertsch, S (iThemba LABS) ; Foka, P (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Fokin, S (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Fragiacomo, E (INFN, Trieste) ; Francescon, A (Padua U. ; INFN, Padua ; CERN) ; Franco, M (INFN, Bari) ; Frankenfeld, U (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Fuchs, U (CERN) ; Furget, C (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Fusco Girard, M (Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno) ; Gaardhoje, J J (Bohr Inst.) ; Gagliardi, M (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Gajanana, D (NIKHEF, Amsterdam) ; Gallio, M (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Gangadharan, D R (Ohio State U. ; LBNL, Berkeley) ; Ganoti, P (ORNL, Oak Ridge (main) ; Athens U.) ; Garabatos, C (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Garcia-Solis, E (Chicago State U.) ; Gargiulo, C (CERN) ; Garishvili, I (LLNL, Livermore) ; Gerhard, J (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Germain, M (SUBATECH, Nantes) ; Gheata, A (CERN) ; Gheata, M (CERN ; Bucharest, Inst. Space Sciences) ; Ghidini, B (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Ghosh, P (Calcutta, VECC) ; Ghosh, S K (Bose Inst., Kolkata ; CAPSS, Kolkata) ; Gianotti, P (Frascati) ; Giubilato, P (Padua U. ; INFN, Padua) ; Giubellino, P (CERN) ; Gladysz-Dziadus, E (Cracow, INP) ; Glässel, P (Heidelberg U.) ; Gomez, R (CINVESTAV, IPN ; Merida, IPN) ; Gomez Marzoa, M (CERN) ; González-Zamora, P (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Gorbunov, S (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Görlich, L (Cracow, INP) ; Gotovac, S (Split Tech. U.) ; Graczykowski, L K (Warsaw U. of Tech.) ; Grajcarek, R (Heidelberg U.) ; Greiner, L C (LBNL, Berkeley) ; Grelli, A (Utrecht U.) ; Grigoras, A (CERN) ; Grigoras, C (CERN) ; Grigoriev, V (Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.) ; Grigoryan, A (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Grigoryan, S (Dubna, JINR) ; Grinyov, B (BITP, Kiev) ; Grion, N (INFN, Trieste) ; Grondin, D (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Grosse-Oetringhaus, J F (CERN) ; Grossiord, J -Y (IPN, Lyon) ; Grosso, R (CERN) ; Guber, F (Moscow, INR) ; Guernane, R (LPSC, Grenoble) ; Guerzoni, B (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Guilbaud, M (IPN, Lyon) ; Gulbrandsen, K (Bohr Inst.) ; Gulkanyan, H (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Gunji, T (U. Tokyo (main)) ; Gupta, A (Jammu U.) ; Gupta, R (Jammu U.) ; H Khan, K (COMSATS, Islamabad) ; Haake, R (Munster U.) ; Haaland, o (Bergen U.) ; Hadjidakis, C (Orsay, IPN) ; Haiduc, M (Bucharest, Inst. Space Sciences) ; Hamagaki, H (U. Tokyo (main)) ; Hamar, G (Wigner RCP, Budapest) ; Hanratty, L D (Birmingham U.) ; Hansen, A (Bohr Inst.) ; Harris, J W (Yale U. (main)) ; Hartmann, H (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Harton, A (Chicago State U.) ; Hatzifotiadou, D (INFN, Bologna) ; Hayashi, S (U. Tokyo (main)) ; Heckel, S T (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Heide, M (Munster U.) ; Helstrup, H (Bergen Coll. Higher Educ.) ; Hennes, E (NIKHEF, Amsterdam) ; Herghelegiu, A (Bucharest, IFIN-HH) ; Herrera Corral, G (CINVESTAV, IPN ; Merida, IPN) ; Hess, B A (U. Tubingen (main)) ; Hetland, K F (Bergen Coll. Higher Educ.) ; Hicks, B (Yale U. (main)) ; Hillemanns, H (CERN) ; Himmi, A (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Hippolyte, B (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Hladky, J (Prague, Inst. Phys.) ; Hristov, P (CERN) ; Huang, M (Bergen U.) ; Hu-Guo, C (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Humanic, T J (Ohio State U.) ; Hutter, D (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Hwang, D S (Sejong U.) ; Igolkin, S (CERN) ; Ijzermans, P (CERN) ; Ilkaev, R (RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov) ; Ilkiv, I (NCBJ, Swierk) ; Inaba, M (Tsukuba U. (main)) ; Incani, E (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Innocenti, G M (Turin U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Ionita, C (CERN) ; Ippolitov, M (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Irfan, M (Aligarh Muslim U.) ; Ivanov, M (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Ivanov, V (St. Petersburg, INP) ; Ivanytskyi, O (BITP, Kiev) ; Jacholkowski, A (Catania U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Jadlovsky, J (Kosice Tech. U.) ; Jahnke, C (U. Sao Paulo (main)) ; Jang, H J (KISTI, Daejeon) ; Janik, M A (Warsaw U. of Tech.) ; Jayarathna, P H S Y (U. Houston (main)) ; Jena, S (Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai ; U. Houston (main)) ; Jimenez Bustamante, R T (Mexico U., ICN) ; Jones, P G (Birmingham U.) ; Jung, H (Gangneung-Wonju Natl. U.) ; Junique, A (CERN) ; Jusko, A (Birmingham U.) ; Kalcher, S (Frankfurt U., FIAS) ; Kalinak, P (Kosice, IEF) ; Kalweit, A (CERN) ; Kamin, J (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Kang, J H (Yonsei U.) ; Kaplin, V (Moscow Phys. Eng. 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U.) ; Krymov, E B (St. Petersburg State U.) ; Kryshen, E (St. Petersburg, INP ; CERN) ; Krzewicki, M (Darmstadt, EMMI) ; Kucera, V (Rez, Nucl. Phys. Inst.) ; Kucheriaev, Y (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Kugathasan, T (CERN) ; Kuhn, C (Strasbourg, IPHC) ; Kuijer, P G (NIKHEF, Amsterdam) ; Kulakov, I (Frankfurt U., Inst. Kernphys.) ; Kumar, J (Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) ; Kurashvili, P (NCBJ, Swierk) ; Kurepin, A (Moscow, INR) ; Kurepin, A B (Moscow, INR) ; Kuryakin, A (RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov) ; Kushpil, S (Rez, Nucl. Phys. Inst.) ; Kushpil, V (Rez, Nucl. Phys. Inst.) ; Kweon, M J (Heidelberg U. ; Inha U.) ; Kwon, Y (Yonsei U.) ; Ladron de Guevara, P (Mexico U., ICN) ; Lagana Fernandes, C (U. Sao Paulo (main)) ; Lakomov, I (Orsay, IPN) ; Langoy, R (Vestfold U. 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Corporate Author(s) CERN. Geneva. The LHC experiments Committee
Publication 2014
Imprint 30 Aug 2012
Number of pages 163
Series (Letter of Intent)
In: J. Phys. G 41 (2014) 087001
DOI 10.1088/0954-3899/41/8/087001
Subject category Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment CERN LHC ; ALICE
Abstract The long term goal of the ALICE experiment is to provide a precise characterization of the high-density, high-temperature phase of strongly interacting matter. To achieve this goal, high-statistics precision measurement are required. The general upgrade strategy for the ALICE detector is conceived to deal with this challenge with expected Pb-Pb interaction rates of up to 50 kHz aiming at an integrated luminosity of the order of 10 nb^-1. With the proposed timeline, starting the high-rate operation progressively after 2018 shutdown, the goals set up in our upgrade plans should be achieved collecting data until mid-2020's. In this document we present the main physics motivations for running the LHC with heavy ions at high luminosities and discuss the modifications and replacements needed in the ALICE detectors, the online systems and offline system. The schedule, cost estimate and organization of the upgrade programme are presented as well.
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