Author: CMS Collaboration

  • The LHC as a photon collider

    The LHC as a photon collider

    Yes, that’s correct: photon collider.

    Explore →

  • Induction course for newcomers in CMS

    Induction course for newcomers in CMS

    On 17th and 18th July CMS held its first “Induction Course for Newcomers”.

    Explore →

  • CHIPP Prize 2014 to Marco Peruzzi

    CHIPP Prize 2014 to Marco Peruzzi

    Marco Peruzzi (Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zurich) has been awarded the CHIPP Prize 2014 for the best PhD student in experimental or theoretical particle physics in Switzerland by the Swiss Institute of Particle Physics, “for his original contribution to the development of novel topological algorithms to identify photons in the electromagnetic calorimeter of the…

    Explore →

  • Recent results in the search for supersymmetry

    Recent results in the search for supersymmetry

    Among the leading candidates to describe physics beyond the standard model of particle physics is Supersymmetry, a new symmetry that posits the existence of a partner particle for each known particle in the standard model.

    Explore →

  • CMS Internal Newsletter, July 4, 2014

    CMS news since the last newsletter of June 13: CMS closes major chapter of Higgs measurements Queen Elizabeth II bestows Knighthood on CMS Physicist 2013 CMS PhD Thesis Awards presented during June CMS week ECAL week, June 2014 pakistan@cms.cern.ch Reminder of upcoming CMS events: – CMS Upgrade week, Sep 1-5 (CERN) by Paris Sphicas

    Explore →

  • 2013 CMS PhD Thesis Awards presented during June CMS week

    2013 CMS PhD Thesis Awards presented during June CMS week

    The year 2013 was a special year for the CMS PhD Thesis Award programme as Awards were presented to the authors of three outstanding PhD theses.

    Explore →

  • ECAL week, June 2014

    ECAL week, June 2014

    Between 17th and 19th June, the picturesque and historic Italian city of Trieste played host to a gathering of about 40 members of the CMS ECAL Group for the first “ECAL Days” outside of CERN since the LHC startup.

    Explore →

  • CMS closes major chapter of Higgs measurements

    CMS closes major chapter of Higgs measurements

    The data reveal that the particle discovered at CERN continues to behave just like the Standard Model predicts Since the discovery of a Higgs boson by the CMS and ATLAS Collaborations in 2012, physicists at the LHC have been making intense efforts to measure this new particle’s properties.

    Explore →

  • Queen Elizabeth II bestows Knighthood on CMS Physicist

    Queen Elizabeth II bestows Knighthood on CMS Physicist

    14 June 2014, London, UK Tejinder (Jim) Virdee FRS, a professor of Physics at Imperial College, London, and one of the founding fathers and former spokesperson of CMS, has been honoured with a knighthood “for services to science”.

    Explore →

  • pakistan@cms.cern.ch

    pakistan@cms.cern.ch

    At its meeting on June 19, CERN Council authorised CERN management to finalise discussions with Pakistan for Associate Membership of CERN.

    Explore →