Speaker
Esther Bartsch
Description
The high collision energies reached at the LHC lead to significant production
yields of light (anti-)nuclei in proton-proton and, in
particular, Pb-Pb collisions. The excellent particle identification capabilities
of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber using the measurement of the specific energy
loss (dE/dx) and the time of flight allow for the
detection of these rarely produced particles.
Recent results on (anti-)triton and (anti-)4He production in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=5.02 TeV will be presented and compared to coalescence and statistical hadronization models to provide insight into their production mechanism in heavy-ion collisions.
