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  • Magnet stops in August 2012: CMS internal report

    The magnet worked properly until it suffered two unexpected stops in August due to technical problems on the service infrastructure.

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  • A World without the Higgs

    A World without the Higgs

    Here is a delightful poem written by Erich Harth, an Emeritus Professor from Syracuse University, in the wake of the discovery announcement from CMS and ATLAS.

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  • LUM POG twiki linked to the main Physics page!

    LUM POG twiki linked to the main Physics page!

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  • Media response to CMS Higgs Search seminar, 4th July 2012

    Media response to CMS Higgs Search seminar, 4th July 2012

    The July 4th 2012 announcement was widely covered by press.

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  • When music and physics collide – the CMS guitar

    When music and physics collide – the CMS guitar

    I have been a physicist working for CMS for about ten years now, and a guitarist for about twice as long.

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  • A memorable week with CMS

    A memorable week with CMS

    Every year CERN opens its doors to hundreds of high-school students who wish to get an in-depth look at what it is like to be a scientist or engineer at one of the world’s most prestigious research laboratories.

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  • New CMS heavy ion results for Quark Matter 2012 conference

    New CMS heavy ion results for Quark Matter 2012 conference

    The Quark Matter 2012 conference, held in Washington DC from 13-18 August 2012, brings together experimental and theoretical experts in the area of heavy-ion physics.

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  • New milestone – 10/fb recorded by CMS in 2012

    New milestone – 10/fb recorded by CMS in 2012

    CMS has just passed another major milestone, recording more than 10 inverse femtobarns of data at 8 TeV.

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  • Paper submitted: Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV

    Paper submitted: Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV

    31 July 2012, CERN Today CMS submitted for publication, in the Physics Letters B journal, a paper entitled “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC”.

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  • Visit of the French Prime Minister Mr. Jean-Marc Ayrault

    Visit of the French Prime Minister Mr. Jean-Marc Ayrault

    Version française ci-dessous / French version below The Prime Minister of France Jean-Marc Ayrault visited CERN on the 30th of July, accompanied by the Minister of Higher Education and Research Mme Geneviève Fioraso.

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