Tag: collisions

  • LHC trials proton–lead collisions

    Physicists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are analysing the results of their first attempt at colliding protons and lead ions.

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  • How does CMS measure Luminosity?

    How does CMS measure Luminosity?

    The number of events that an experiment observes is proportional to a quantity called the luminosity — a measure of how many collisions are occurring in the detector.

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