Category: Article
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Preshower ready for installation
As reported previously (ECAL Preshower removed from detector for repairs), both Preshower (ES) endcaps were removed temporarily from CMS and moved to the SX5 building at the end of 2013. This was due to four faulty “feedthroughs” (two per endcap) that provide power to and monitoring of the ES internal heating system.
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En route to 2015: TSG workshop (Apr 7-9)
The Trigger Studies Group (TSG) had its first workshop of 2014 in LAPP Annecy, on Mon-Wed Apr 7-9. TSG workshops are intense events, attended by around 40 people, where questions to the speakers during the talks are encouraged and unlimited, and 20 slides reports often last more than one hour.
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The April Global Run: Testing the detector with cosmic rays
Last week, the (many) visitors that came to Point 5, the location of the CMS Experiment in the LHC ring, had the opportunity to see not only the underground experimental cavern, but also how the data-taking is performed from the control room.
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Spring 2014 Offline/Computing Week
The spring joint offline and computing week was held at CERN March 25-28 (the full agenda can be found in Indico).
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Completion of CSC innermost station refurbishment and testing
During the week of March 19, the CMS endcap muon upgrade passed a major milestone, with the completion of the certification of the final 36 Cathode Strip Chambers (CSC) for reinstallation on the CMS detector.
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CMS presents a new precise measurement of the top-quark mass
The new top-quark mass measurement is the single most precise result as yet.