Author: CMS Communications

  • CMS opened its doors to the residents of Cessy for a special evening of guided tours

    CMS opened its doors to the residents of Cessy for a special evening of guided tours

    On Friday, October 4th, 2024, the CMS Collaboration organised an in-person event at Point 5 for the residents of the Pays de Gex, France, where the CMS detector is located.

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  • The CMS Upgrade Week: An opportunity of knowledge sharing within the collaboration

    The CMS Upgrade Week: An opportunity of knowledge sharing within the collaboration

    The CMS Experiment welcomed more than 300 collaborators during the CMS Upgrade Week from September 16 to 20, 2024. The week showcased the immense amount of work underway to transform the CMS detector ready for the LHC High Luminosity era, also known as Hi-Lumi.

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  • Waking up the CMS detector – Part 3

    Waking up the CMS detector – Part 3

    Welcome back to the mini-series about waking up the CMS detector after the YETS – Year End Technical Shutdown.

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  • New Forward Shielding Installed

    New Forward Shielding Installed

    In the same way that loud background noise does not allow us to listen to a conversation or appreciate a piece of music, so too the CMS detector needs a quiet environment to optimize data taking and analysis.

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  • Waking up the CMS detector – Part 2

    Waking up the CMS detector – Part 2

    In this short series, we look at the different types of tests and steps needed for CMS to run at the precision the experiment requires.

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  • Waking up the CMS detector – Part 1

    Waking up the CMS detector – Part 1

    It is compelling to picture large physics labs with lots of sparks and heavy levers that wake up big, important experiments with sparks and loud bangs.

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  • The Start of the 2023 Heavy-Ion Run

    The Start of the 2023 Heavy-Ion Run

    Yesterday at 7:46 pm the first stable beams of the LHC 2023 heavy-ion run have been recorded.

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  • CMS Young Researchers Prize 2023 – The Winners

    CMS Young Researchers Prize 2023 – The Winners

    Every year, at least three young researchers within the CMS Collaboration are recognised for their exceptional efforts and achievements with the CMS Young Researcher Prize!

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  • CMS Ph.D. Thesis Award winners 2022

    CMS Ph.D. Thesis Award winners 2022

    Congratulations to Angira Rastogi, Willem Verbeke, and David Walter who won the 2022 CMS Ph.D.

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  • CMS Awards 2022

    CMS Awards 2022

    The time for the 2022 CMS awards has come and we are glad to present the winners!

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