2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/134936The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will start operation in the end of 2007 colliding proton and lead beams at \surd S = 14 TeV and \surd S_{NN} = 5.5 TeV, respectively. The accelerator and the experiments are under construction and detailed studies of the physics program are being prepared. I will in this paper review the current status of the ALICE experiment and the heavy ion physics aspects that are unique at LHC.Proceedings of HCP 2006Instrumentation and Detectorstext