Tag: ECAL
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Handling Supermodules for Hi-Lumi CMS: How the ECAL team tested their Enfourneurs
The Electromagnetic Calorimeter (ECAL) group has tested the second enfourneur (pictured above), a highly specialized instrument that allows the insertion and extraction of key components of the CMS detector at CERN, the ECAL ‘supermodules’.
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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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Problems and solutions: the ECAL leak story
Everything started in early September 2022 while, during the ECAL Operations meeting that we hold every Wednesday morning, our veteran electronics expert, Evgueni, reported that the voltage in a control card was unstable.
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The ECAL prepares to extract the super-modules from CMS
The CMS electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) measures the energy of electrons and photons produced in the LHC collisions with extreme precision.
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Preparing for collisions – recommissioning the CMS detector
A new year with new energy and new luminosities: 2012 holds the promise to close the question on the existence (or absence) of a Standard Model Higgs boson.
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Serbia expected to become CERN Associate Member
On 10th January, a delegation from Serbia, led by President Boris Tadic, arrived at CERN to sign the agreement that would grant Serbia associate membership to CERN, as a step towards full membership.