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First collisions of lead ions

First collisions of lead ions seen by the ALICE experiment 2010

First collisions of lead ions seen by the ALICE experiment on 7 November 2010 recorded by the Inner Tracking System. The lines are the reconstructed particle trajectories, and the colour scale indicates the energy of the particles.

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