In July of last year we successfully inserted the pixel detector inside CMS and successfully integrated and operated it with the rest of the CMS detector during the CRAFT run. Despite the excellent detector performance some problems arose after…
The last two weeks the Forward Pixels (FPIX) detectors were both reinstalled and successfully tested. This activity was very much interleaved with the re-alignment of the central beam pipe. Both activities took place in a fragile and confined…
The first of the improved Resistive Plate Chambers for Hi-Lumi CMS were installed in record time during the LHC winter break. The RPC Hi-Lumi CMS Project reached an important milestone at the start of 2025 by delivering the first half of its final…