Tag: RPC

  • 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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  • improved Resistive Plate Chambers Demonstrator – A step towards HL-LHC

    improved Resistive Plate Chambers Demonstrator – A step towards HL-LHC

    The installation of a new prototype of CMS muon chambers was completed last December.

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  • Resistive Plate Chambers are getting dolled up

    Resistive Plate Chambers are getting dolled up

    After the LHC was shut down in December 2018 following the successful completion of RUN 2 operation, CMS is undergoing an intensive upgrade and maintenance program during the current two-year break (“Long Shutdown 2” or LS2) in order to ensure an excellent performance of the detector in the subsequent physics program.

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  • CMS technology used to develop a new portable muon telescope

    CMS technology used to develop a new portable muon telescope

    Suppose that you need to see what is inside a small room that is difficult to access.

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  • An inspiring summer: from the diary of a CERN intern

    An inspiring summer: from the diary of a CERN intern

    By Siddharth Sehgal For two weeks this summer, as an intern at CERN, I had a wonderful exposure to the exciting and challenging world of particle physics under the supervision of Archana Sharma, a senior particle physicist at CERN.

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  • New CMS detectors under construction at CERN

    While the LHC will play the starring role in the 2013/2014 Long Shutdown (LS1), the break will also be a chance for its experiments to upgrade their detectors.

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