Tag: Guido Tonelli

  • Former CMS Spokesperson receives Italian knighthood

    Former CMS Spokesperson receives Italian knighthood

    Guido Tonelli, CMS Spokesperson 2010–2011, was made ‘Commendatore’ of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republlic (Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) by Giorgio Napolitano, the President of the Italian Republic, for contributions to the discovery of a new, Higgs-like particle at the LHC.

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  • 2011 proton collisions come to an end

    2011 proton collisions come to an end

    At about half-past five in the evening on Sunday, 30th October, an e-mail from Run Coordination to the CMS collaboration said: At 17:00 today the LHC dumped the last proton beams for the year to start the machine development period and to prepare for the ion running.

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  • Higgs particle could be found by Christmas

    Higgs particle could be found by Christmas

    The hunt for the Higgs particle is well ahead of schedule, say researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

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