Category: Newsletter
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SPS shutdown sends test beam research to DESY
SPS shutdown sends test beam research to DESY Last week, four members of the CERN LCD group traveled to DESY, Hamburg, to test data acquisition methods for a Timepix pixel detector. It's unusual for CERN groups to have to travel to perform a test beam, but with the PS and SPS out of action for
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The CLOUD Experiment
The CLOUD Experiment CLOUD Collaboration: Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, USA California Institute of Technology, Div. of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890, USA CERN, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland Finnish Meteorological Institute, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Institute for Atmospheric and
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The RD51 Collaboration: Development of Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors Technologies
The RD51 Collaboration: Development of Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors Technologies Advances in photo-lithography and micro processing techniques during the past decade triggered a major transition from wire chambers to micro-pattern gas amplification devices such as GEM and MicroMegas. Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors offer unprecedented spatial resolution, high rate capability, large sensitive area, operational stability and radiation hardness.
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PH-DT activities in 2012
PH-DT activities in 2012 The PH Detector Technology (DT) group is a central part of the CERN Physics Department. DT comprises about 75 staff members, ~30 fellows and students and a FSU team of 14 people. The group makes major contributions to the development, construction, qualification and operation of particle detector systems for CERN experiments,
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The Higgs boson, a History.
The Higgs boson, a History. Luis Álvarez-Gaumé and John Ellis discuss the history of the Higgs mechanism, indicate its importance for the Standard Model and examine its implications for the scientific community in a paper published in Nature Physics (January 2011). You can read the full paper here.
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First Planck Results and Cosmological Implications
First Planck Results and Cosmological Implications
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Eyes on a prize particle_unpublished
Eyes on a prize particle_unpublished Luis Álvarez-Gaumé and John Ellis in an article previously published in NATURE PHYSICS (VOL 7 | JANUARY 2011) trace the history of the formulation of the Higgs mechanism and discuss the importance of the long-theorized Higgs-particle. The Standard Model deals with three of the four fundamental forces; namely the electromagnetic
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Let’s talk science: Hangout with CERN
Let's talk science: Hangout with CERN Every Thursday at 17:00 Geneva-time, physicists and other scientists from CERN present a YouTube show to talk to members of the public about their research. The medium used is the Google+ social network and its Hangouts On Air platform. A Hangout is essentially a multi-user video chat that can
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CERN Open Days – Mark your Calendars
CERN Open Days – Mark your Calendars MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SEPTEMBER 2013 Do you want to descend 100m underground to explore the LHC caverns? Visit the laboratories where amazing new discoveries are made? Meet the people who try to answer fundamental questions about our universe? If the answer is yes, then you are in
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SFT group participation in EPLANET project
SFT group participation in EPLANET project SFT group is participating in the Scientific Computing Work Package (WP8) of the EPLANET project (http://www.roma1.infn.it/exp/eplanet/). The main objective of EPLANET is to create and reinforce networks for joint research projects and for high-level training of personnel both in European and other Latin-American Institutes/universities. Another aim is to improve