CERN-LHCC-2005-018 ALICETDR012 15June2005 A L I C E Technical Design Report of the Computing CoverdesignbyCERNDesktopPublishing Service. Visualisation ofALICEExperimentassimulatedbyAliRoot. PrintedatCERN June2005. ISBN92-9083-247-9 i ALICE Collaboration Alessandria, Italy, Facolta(cid:30) diScienzedell’Universita(cid:30) andINFN: P.Cortese,G.Dellacasa,L.RamelloandM.Sitta. Aligarh, India, PhysicsDepartment,AligarhMuslimUniversity: N.Ahmad,S.Ahmad,T.Ahmad,W.Bari,M.IrfanandM.Zafar. Athens, Greece, UniversityofAthens,PhysicsDepartment: A.Belogianni,P.Ganoti,A.Petridis,F.Roukoutakis, M.Spyropoulou-Stassinaki andM.Vassiliou. Bari, Italy, Dipartimento diFisicadell’Universita(cid:30) andSezioneINFN: G.E.Bruno,M.Caselle,D.DiBari,D.Elia,R.A.Fini,B.Ghidini,V.Lenti,V.Manzari,E.Nappi, F.Navach,C.Pastore,V.Paticchio,F.Posa,R.SantoroandI.Sgura. Bari, Italy, Politecnico andSezioneINFN: F.Corsi,D.DeVenuto,U.FratinoandC.Marzocca. 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Protvino, Russia, Institute forHighEnergyPhysics: M.Yu.Bogolyubsky, G.V.Khaoustov,I.V.Kharlov,N.G.Minaev,V.S.Petrov,B.V.Polichtchouk, S.A.Sadovsky,V.A.Senko,A.S.Soloviev,P.V.StolpovskyandV.A.Victorov. Puebla, Mexico, BenemeritaUniversidad AutonomadePuebla: A.FernandezTellez,E.GamezFlores,R.Lopez,G.TejedaandS.Vergara R(cid:16)ez(cid:16) uPrahy, CzechRepublic, AcademyofSciencesofCzechRepublic,Nuclear PhysicsInstitute: D.Adamova·,S.Kouchpil,V.Kouchpil,A.Kugler,M. S(cid:16)umberaandV.Wagner. Rome, Italy, DipartimentodiFisicadell’Universita(cid:30) ’LaSapienza’andSezioneINFN: S.DiLiberto,M.A.Mazzoni,F.MeddiandG.M.Urciuoli. Rondebosch, SouthAfrica, UniversityofCapeTown: J.Cleymans,G.deVaux,RW.Fearick,A.SzostakandZ.Z.Vilakazi. Saclay, France, Centred’E·tudesNucle·aires,DAPNIA: M.Anfreville,A.Baldisseri,B.Becker,H.Borel,J.-L.Charvet,M.Combet,J.Gosset,P.Hardy, S.Herlant,F.Orsini,Y.Pe·nichot,H.Pereira,S.Salasca,F.M.StaleyandM.Usseglio. Salerno, Italy, Dipartimento diFisica‘E.R.Caianiello’dell’Universita(cid:30) andSezione INFN: A.DeCaro,C.Guarnaccia,D.DeGruttola,S.DePasquale,A.DiBartolomeo,M.FuscoGirard, G.Grella,M.Guida,G.Romano,S.Sellitto,R.SilvestriandT.Virgili. Sarov, Russia, RussianFederalNuclearCenter(VNIIEF): V.Basmanov,D.Budnikov,V.Demanov,V.Ianowski,R.Ilkaev,L.Ilkaeva, A.Ivanov,A.Khlebnikov, A.Kouryakin,S.Nazarenko,V.Pavlov,S.Philchagin,V.Punin,S.Poutevskoi, I.Selin,I.Vinogradov, S.ZhelezovandA.Zhitnik. Split, Croatia, TechnicalUniversityofSplit,FacultyofElectricalEngineering, Mechanical Engineering andNavalArchitecture (FESB): S.Gotovac,E.MudnicandL.Vidak. St. Petersburg, Russia, V.FockInstitute forPhysicsofSt.Petersburg StateUniversity: M.A.Braun,G.A.Feo(cid:2)lov,S.N.Igolkin,A.A.Kolojvari,V.P.Kondratiev, P.A.Otyugova, O.I.Stolyarov,T.A.Toulina,F.A.Tsimbal,F.F.Valiev,V.V.VecherninandL.I.Vinogradov. Strasbourg, France, InstitutdeRecherchesSubatomiques (IReS),IN2P3-CNRSandUniversite· Louis Pasteur: J.Baudot,D.Bonnet,J.P.Cof(cid:2)n,B.Hippolyte,C.Kuhn,J.R.LutzandR.Vernet. Tokyo, Japan, UniversityofTokyo, : (cid:9)(cid:4)(cid:10) H.HamagakiandK.Ozawa. vii Trieste, Italy, DipartimentodiFisicadell’Universita(cid:30) andSezioneINFN: V.Bonvicini,O.Borysov,L.Bosisio,M.Bregant,P.Camerini,G.Contin,F.Faleschini,E.Fragiacomo, N.Grion,G.Margagliotti, S.Piano,I.Rachevskaya, A.Rachevski,R.RuiandA.Vacchi. Turin, Italy, DipartimentidiFisicadell’Universita(cid:30) andSezioneINFN: B.Alessandro,R.Arnaldi,G.Batigne,S.Beole·,E.Bruna,P.Cerello,E.Chiavassa,S.Coli,E.Crescio, N.DeMarco,A.Ferretti,M.Gagliardi,M.Gallio,L.Gaudichet,R.Gemme,G.Giraudo,P.Giubellino, M.Idzik,S.Martoiu,A.MarzariChiesa,M.Masera,G.Mazza,P.Mereu,M.Monteno,A.Musso, C.Oppedisano,A.Piccotti,F.Poggio,F.Prino,L.Riccati,A.Rivetti,E.Scomparin,F.Tosello, L.Toscano,G.Travaglia,E.Vercellin,A.WerbrouckandR.Wheadon. Tsukuba, Japan, UniversityofTsukuba, : (cid:11)(cid:4)(cid:12) Y.MiakeandS.Esumi. Utrecht, TheNetherlands, SubatomicPhysicsDepartment,UtrechtUniversity andNationalInstitute forNuclearandHighEnergyPhysics(NIKHEF): M.Botje,J.J.F.Buskop,A.P.DeHaas,R.Kamermans,P.G.Kuijer,G.Nooren,C.J.Oskamp, Th.Peitzmann,E.Simili,R.Snellings,A.N.Sokolov,A.VanDenBrinkandN.VanEijndhoven. Wako-shi, Japan, InstituteofResearch,RIKEN : (cid:11)(cid:4)(cid:12) H.Enyo,K.Fujiwara,H.KanoandH.Onishi. Warsaw, Poland, SoltanInstitute forNuclearStudies: A.Deloff,T.Dobrowolski,K.Karpio,M.Kozlowski,H.Malinowski,K.Redlich25 ,T.Siemiarczuk, (cid:12) G.Stefanek26 ,L.TykarskiandG.Wilk. (cid:12) Warsaw, Poland, UniversityofTechnology,Institute ofPhysics: Z.Chajecki,H.Gos,M.Janik,M.Jedynak,A.Kisiel,T.J.Pawlak,W.S.Peryt,J.Pluta,P.Skowronski, M.Slodkowski,P.SzubaandT.Traczyk. Worms, Germany, UniversityofAppliedSciencesWorms,ZTT : (cid:11)(cid:4)(cid:12) E.S. ConnerandR.Keidel. Wuhan, China, Institute ofParticlePhysics,HuazhongNormalUniversity: X.Cai,X.R.Wang,T.Wu,H.Y.Yang,Z.B.YinandD.C.Zhou. Wuhan, China, HuazhongUniv. ofScienceandTechn. Electronic andInform. Engineering: X.CaoandQ.Li. Yerevan, Armenia, YerevanPhysicsInstitute: M.Atayan,A.Grigoryan,S.Grigoryan,H.Gulkanyan,A.Harutyunyan, A.Hayrapetyan, V.Kakoyan, M.Poghosyan andG.Sargsyan. Zagreb, Croatia, RuderBos(cid:16)kovic· Institute: T.Anticic,K.KadijaandT.Susa. viii (cid:13)(cid:4)(cid:14) Associatemember. 1(cid:14) NowatDarmstadt,Germany,Gesellschaft fu¤rSchwerionenforschung (GSI) 2(cid:14) OnleavefromJINR,Dubna,Russia. 3(cid:14) supported byEGEE 4(cid:14) OnleavefromUniversita(cid:30) delPiemonteOrientale,Alessandria, Italy. 5(cid:14) OnleavefromINFN,Italy 6(cid:14) alsoatINFN,Bari,Italy 7(cid:14) OnleavefromNationalInstituteforPhysicsandNuclearEngineering,Bucharest,Romania. 8(cid:14) AlsoatGSI,Darmstadt,Germany 9(cid:14) OnleavefromDivisionofExperimentalHighEnergyPhysics,UniversityofLund,Lund,Sweden 10(cid:14) OnleavefromLawrenceBerkeleyNationalLaboratory 11(cid:14) NowatInstitutfuerTheoretische Teilchenphysik, UniversitaetKarlsruhe 12(cid:14) AlsoatITEP,Moscow,Russia 13(cid:14) NowatINFN-Firenze 14(cid:14) AlsoatAlsoatINFN,SezionediTorino,Italy 15(cid:14) AlsoatIFIN-HH,HEPDept.,Bucharest,Romania 16(cid:14) OnleavefromLaboratoire dePhysiqueSubatomique etdesTechnologies Associe·es(SUBATECH), EcoledesMinesdeNantes,IN2P3-CNRSandUniversite· deNantes,Nantes,France. 17(cid:14) OnleavefromBudapestUniversity,Budapest,Hungary. 18(cid:14) CracowTechnicalUniversity,Cracow,Poland. 19(cid:14) InstituteofPhysicsandTechnology,Mongolian AcademyofSciences,Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 20(cid:14) InstituteofSpaceSciences,Bucharest,Romania. 21(cid:14) InstituteofPhysics,GeorgianAcademyofSciences,Tbilisi,Georgia. 22(cid:14) HighEnergyPhysicsInstitute,TbilisiStateUniversity,Tbilisi,Georgia. 23(cid:14) ResearchCentreforAppliedNuclearPhysics(RCANP),Dubna,Russia. 24(cid:14) DepartmentofPhysics,OhioStateUniversity,Columbus,U.S.A. 25(cid:14) PhysicsFaculty,UniversityofBielefeld,Bel(cid:2)eld,GermanyandUniversityofWroclaw,Wroclaw, Poland. 26(cid:14) InstituteofPhysics,Pedagogical University,Kielce,Poland.