ALICE diffractive physics in p-p and Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC

Abstract

The ALICE detector is introduced and a double gap trigger is presented. The interest in studying double pomeron induced events both in proton-proton and in lead-lead reactions is discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, to appear in proceedings conference Diffraction 2008, La Londe-les-Maures, France, sep 9-14, 200