2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/180723The ALICE detector, expected to start operating at the Large Hadron Collider this year, was designed specifically for the study of heavy-ion collisions. In this paper we recall the main features of the apparatus and give some examples of the expected physics performance.Submitted to Journal of Physics G. Proceedings of Quark Matter 2006Nuclear Experimenttext