1. Korea-ALICE Activity Report 2009- 10 In-Kwon Yoo Pusan National University for KoALICE In-Kwon Yoo Pusan National University for KoALICE

2. Korea-ALICE Members Total : 26 Participants (11 PhDs, 8 PhD St., 7 MA St.) - Kangnung National University* : 5 PhDs, 5 PhD St., 1 MA St. - Pusan National University : 2 PhDs, 1 PhD St., 1 MA St. - Sejong University : 2 PhDs, 1 PhD St., 1 MA St. - Yonsei University : 2 PhDs, 1 PhD St., 4 MA St. Residents at CERN : 5 PhDs (3 Profs.), 3 PhD St., 2 MA St. Residents at Korea : 6 PhDs, 5 PhD St., 5 MA St. 1 PhD + 1 PhD St. increased since 2009-02 2

3. Korea-ALICE Budget 2009 Total : 500 M KRW - KICOS -> CERN : 410 M 120 kCHF done waiting for RUN - local at PNU : 90 M salary : 54 M local travel : 5 M overhead : 20 M admin. : 11 M ✓ 17 M done by Aug. 2009 2010 M&O-A - Self-Evaluation System Computing & Detector R&D Activities Pub. & Talks etc. Education Service (Admin etc.) - Final List : 9 Physicists KNU : 4 PNU : 1 Sejong : 2 Yonsei : 2 3

4. Korea-ALICE Meetings Steering Committee Meeting : 4 Rep. from 4 Institutions - STC 2009-05 ‣ 2009 Budget Plan ‣ request/investigate : offices, car, housing etc. for long-stay researchers - STC 2009-08 ‣ M&O-A Self-Evaluation system discussion ‣ Self-Evaluation System Draft established - STC 2009-10 ‣ Ko-CERN Advisory Committee 2009-09-30 Report ‣ KoALICE CERN/local Budget retune APCTP LHC Workshop : Aug. 25-27, 2009 - ALICE && CMS Korean Activities collected - http://www.apctp.org/conferences/2009/LHC_PW/ http://www.apctp.org/conferences/2009/LHC_PW/ HIM 2009-09 : focused on LHC Heavy Ion Physics - ALICE && CMS-HI && HI Theory : 2 Profs. + 1 St. talks for each - http://him.phys.pusan.ac.kr/HIM_meeting/meeting/2009/HIM%202009-09.htm http://him.phys.pusan.ac.kr/HIM_meeting/meeting/2009/HIM%202009-09.htm 4

5. Goal : Discovery and Study on Quark Matter under Extreme Conditions - Detector R&D and Operation of ALICE - Data Analysis using Grid Computing : Test of theoretical expectations - Brainstorming of new physics ideas : HIM Kangnung National University 1. ALICE-ToF R&D, installation and operation - Multi-Gap RPC : Time Resolution enhanced 2. ALICE-EM Calorimeter (Muon Detector) operation - Operation Leader : Dr. YWBaek 3. Particle Reconstruction Algorithm Development - Charm Production (Λ C ) in pp@14 TeV Korea-ALICE Activities 5

6. Korea-ALICE Activities (contin.) Pusan National University 1. ALICE-HMPID R&D and Operation - VHMPID Upgrade Project 2. Gas System Control System R&D using ALICE-DCS - DCS study and rebuilding/operation at RICH test bench in Pohang, Korea - Taking HMPID-DCS shifts 3. Charm Production in AA Study (Λ C /D) Sejong University 1. ALICE Computing GRID Operation 2. Theoretical Calculation on Hadron Phenomena at LHC (pp and PbPb collisions) - Finite Temperature/Density Lattice Field Theory Yonsei University 1. ALICE-TRD Installation and Operation 2. linking PHENIX-FoCAL to ALICE in future 3. Direct Photon Measurement in AA Study (π 0 ➔ γγ study) 6

7. Ready for the 1st LHC Physics RUN 7 Switching System from simulation / R&D to Experiment - Increasing short term visitor - Taking shifts for Detector Operation Learning / Training - Detector (ToF, HMPID, TRD) Operation/Maintenance Learning - Data Taking / Detector Control System Towards the 1st Results - Getting started : Data Analysis - Local User Policy discussion with KISTI