Alice in Virusland

[Alice in Wonderland syndrome].

CASE REPORT A case of Alice in Wonderland syndrome is described as the only sign of Epstein-Barr virus infection. DISCUSSION Epstein-Barr virus infection may include visual symptoms as the first or only signs of disease. All patients presenting with a clinical picture consistent with the Alice in Wonderland syndrome should undergo serological testing for Epstein-Barr virus infection.

Jet Physics in ALICE

The strong suppression of high-pT hadrons observed in heavy ion collisions at RHIC indicates the interaction of high energy partons with a dense colored medium prior to hadronization. We review the main results from the high-pT hadron analysis at RHIC and what they tell us about the medium. We then concentrate on the new possibilities that the wider kinematic range at the LHC will offer and how...

Alice in Wonderland syndrome

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To summarize the literature on Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS), a disorder characterized by distortions of visual perception, the body schema, and the experience of time. RECENT FINDINGS On the basis of 169 published case descriptions, the etiology of AIWS is divided into 8 main groups, with neurologic disorders affecting mostly adults and elderly patients and encephalit...

Heavy flavour in ALICE

ALICE [1, 2] is the dedicated heavy-ion experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The main physics goal of the experiment is the study of strongly-interacting matter in the conditions of high energy density (> 10 GeV/fm) and high temperature (> ∼ 0.2 GeV), expected to be reached in central Pb–Pb collisions at √ sNN = 5.5 TeV. Under these conditions, according to lattice QCD calculations, q...

Jet physics in ALICE