The ability of the ALICE detector to reconstruct the K*(892)0 and \Lambda (1520) resonances in p--p and Pb--Pb collisions at LHC energies has been investigated. PYTHIA events for p--p collisions and HIJING events for Pb--Pb collisions have been generated and fully reconstructed. The K*(892)0 and \Lambda (1520) were identified by their hadronic decay into \pi K and pK, respectively, through an invariant mass analysis. The combinatorial background has been evaluated by the event-mixing technique for p--p events and by the like-sign technique for the Pb--Pb events.
PACS numbers: 25.75.Dw, 25.75.--q, 13.75.Cs
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