In the last two weeks the approvals activity continued to increase heading to QM2014 and LHCP conferences.
In the searches area we had the review of one of the first analysis using b tagging in boosted topologies. B2G-14-002 presents a search for…
On May 4th the RPC subproject successfully completed the installation of the RE4 upgrade detector.
The first disk was installed in December 2013, while the installation of the second disk (fig. 1) was scheduled in two time windows; the first, about…
CMS news from the past two weeks:
AGR data analysis jamboree
Update from Physics Coordination (May 02)
Reminder of upcoming CMS events:
- Upgrade Technical Proposal Studies Group workshop: May 8-9 (LPC at FNAL)
- Upgrade Muon mini-workshop: May 19…
The April Global Run (AGR), the first commissioning run in 2014, took place 7-11 April. After a couple of weeks of chewing on the data (and the Easter holidays), a “Data Analysis Jamboree” was held on 29 April (https://indico.cern.ch/event/315825…
Since the Easter break the activity in the Physics Coordination area has steadily increased on fronts.
The approaching of Summer Conferences is reflected in an increased rate of approvals.
The Heavy Ion group has started its analysis campaign for…
CMS news from the past two weeks:
The AGR (April Global Run)
Update from Physics Coordination (Apr 16)
Installation and commissioning of the ME4/2 Cathode Strip Chamber
Preshower ready for installation
En route to 2015: TSG workshop (Apr 7-9)…
Since March this year new layers of Muon chambers have been added to CMS on both YE3 endcap disks. Two additional rings of 36+36 Cathode Strip Chambers (CSC), which complete the forward η coverage of muon station 4 (so-called ME4/2) in the region 1.…
We have had three important events on the “Higgs front” in the past few days:
⁃ Our H→ττ paper (HIG-13-004) is now accepted for publication by JHEP
⁃ The last of the “legacy” analyses, H→γγ, has now entered CWR and is heading towards publication, in…
Freya Blekman elected to Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities
DESY lead scientist, CMS communications leader, and University of Hamburg professor invited into prestigious Dutch national academy based on her research and science…
Anadi Canepa has been elected the new CMS Spokesperson 2026 - 2028. Florencia Canelli will join Hafeez Hoorani as Deputy Spokesperson.
With more than 6000 scientists, engineers, technicians, administrators and students, CMS is one of the world…
Joel Butler, former CMS Spokesperson (2016-18), has been awarded with the APS 2026 Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics.
The prestigious prize was announced this morning by the American Physical Society (APS).
For wide-ranging scientific…
The CMS Collaboration announced the 2025 Young Researcher Prize winners during the September 2025 CMS Week. The winners are: Cécile Caillol, Elisabetta Manca, Mario Masciovecchio, Jennifer Ngadiuba!
This award recognises the contributions of truly…