The University of Cape Town Department of Physics has an active program of research in experimental particle physics. The research program consists of activities with both the ATLAS and ALICE experiments at CERN. Exploring the most fundamental nature of matter, the ATLAS and ALICE experiments examine the proton and heavy ion collisions produced by the Large Hadron Collider. UCT is involved in more projects with CERN, visit UCT-CERN Research Center for more information.