Tag: LS2

  • The ISOLDE Improvement Programme

    The ISOLDE Improvement Programme

    The ISOLDE Improvement Programme The ISOLDE Improvement Programme (IIP) brings together a series of upgrades and consolidation activities to maintain and further develop the ISOLDE facility. The programme includes projects addressing the accelerator infrastructure, beam production, and delivery systems, and experimental facilities, with the objective of improving operational flexibility, reliability, and long-term sustainability. Among the

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  • The installation of the beam pipe at the heart of the CMS experiment

    The installation of the beam pipe at the heart of the CMS experiment

    The installation of the beam pipe at the heart of the CMS experiment After several years of complex design, manufacture and planning, the CMS collaboration, in tight cooperation with experts of the CERN Technology Department-Vacuum, Surfaces, and Coating group, have been installing the new heart of the detector, the beam pipe, over the last months.

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  • ATLAS experiment revamps activities

    ATLAS experiment revamps activities

    ATLAS experiment revamps activities ATLAS entered the COVID-19 lock down on the 17th of March 2020; the closing of the activities was very fast and efficient. During the lock down, still many activities were performed remotely, among them the development of the firmware for two of the major Phase-I upgrade projects: the New Small Wheel

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  • ATLAS NSW Upgrade: preparing installation and commission of its first sector

    ATLAS NSW Upgrade: preparing installation and commission of its first sector

    ATLAS NSW Upgrade: preparing installation and commission of its first sector The New Small Wheel (NSW) Upgrade it the most complex and challenging Phase-1 Upgrade project of ATLAS. As all the other upgrade projects for the LHC experiments, the goal is to meet the challenges of the High-Luminosity LHC era and to cope with the

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