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First proton-proton collisions at the LHC as observed with the ALICE detector: Measurement of the charged particle pseudorapidity at √s = 900 GeV

The first ALICE publication, and a few other papers, were selected for “fast-track” treatment, where careful advance preparation is employed to ensure early publications. In such cases, the paper-writing and internal review committees were replaced by a single committee, which has the task of using very detailed simulation studies and advance preparation, to bring the publication to rapid completion. In the case of the first ALICE publication, Villalobos Baillie's (in a sub group of 4) involvement with the paper preparation began over two years before LHC startup, the paper was published five days after the data were collected.