Category: Detector

  • Shiny new luminosity and beam conditions instrumentation for CMS

    Shiny new luminosity and beam conditions instrumentation for CMS

    New BRIL subsystems illuminate CMS’s path through Run 3 After many months of meticulous preparations, new BRIL subsystems were installed in mid-January.

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  • First Tracker Support Structures, TBPS Rings, in production for Hi-Lumi CMS!

    First Tracker Support Structures, TBPS Rings, in production for Hi-Lumi CMS!

    The TBPS Rings are in production, offering an innovative design to incline sensors toward the LHC beam and maximise coverage.

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  • Hi-Lumi iRPC Muon chambers installed in CMS in record time!

    Hi-Lumi iRPC Muon chambers installed in CMS in record time!

    The first of the improved Resistive Plate Chambers for Hi-Lumi CMS were installed in record time during the LHC winter break.

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  • Installation of Next-Generation CO2 Cooling System for Hi-Lumi CMS

    Installation of Next-Generation CO2 Cooling System for Hi-Lumi CMS

    CERN and CMS engineers and technicians have installed the first two of nine required next-generation carbon dioxide (CO2) cooling plants in the underground Service Cavern of the CMS experiment in Cessy, France, as well as two of the accumulators.

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  • New record: 2024 has been the year with the most recorded data by CMS!

    New record: 2024 has been the year with the most recorded data by CMS!

    The heavy ion Run has just concluded, marking the start of the extended year-end technical stop (EYETS).

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  • The BTST, a key piece of the Upgraded CMS Detector, arrives at CERN

    The BTST, a key piece of the Upgraded CMS Detector, arrives at CERN

    Above: Part of the BTST team during the unboxing of the tube.

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  • Harnessing the power of AI to Monitor Data Quality in CMS

    Harnessing the power of AI to Monitor Data Quality in CMS

    CMS develops and deploys a new machine-learning technique based on neural networks that is able to spot existing and developing anomalies in the functioning of the detector.

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  • Scouting the flow of data for the future High Luminosity LHC

    Scouting the flow of data for the future High Luminosity LHC

    How to manage large amounts of data without losing any interesting ones?

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  • CMS’ High Luminosity tracker chip is ready! 

    CMS’ High Luminosity tracker chip is ready! 

    The first wafers of the CMS Read Out Chip (CROC) for the High Luminosity Pixel detector have been produced and tested, marking a major milestone for the next generation CMS Tracker.

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  • Blazing trails: CMS Cavern evacuation paves the way for future safety design.

    Blazing trails: CMS Cavern evacuation paves the way for future safety design.

    How an evacuation of the CMS experimental cavern has provided invaluable human behaviour data to improve the emergency preparedness for complex underground facilities.

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