The design of a new High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) for CMS aims to tackle the challenges of calorimetry at the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC).
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Dear Colleagues, members of the EP department and users,
Welcome to the summer edition of the EP newsletter...
Interviews & Features
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DsTau is a new project aiming to study tau-neutrino (ντ ) production and provide crucial data for future ντ measurements. -
Testing the ProdoDUNE-SP prototype detector at CERN is a crucial milestone for the DUNE experiment. -
Advancements in microelectronics have been instrumental in the success of the LHC experiments while future energy and intensity frontier colliders pose certain challenges and call for further developments. -
Continuous improvements to the CLOUD facility as well as to the instruments combined with the state of the art know-how available at CERN have enabled a steady increase in the measurement capabilities.
News from the experiments
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Last April, the detectors of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) witnessed their first collisions of 2017 with the machine reaching an outstanding performance.
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The design of a new High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) for CMS aims to tackle the challenges of calorimetry at the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC).
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To meet the physics goals of the HL-LHC physics programme, ATLAS and CMS experiments have submitted proposals for timing detectors that will boost their physics reach. -
CERN experiments present results from the study of lead-lead collisions at Quark Matter 2018.
Special Feature
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The high-luminosity upgrade to the LHC will boost the probability of discovering new physics.
More stories
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RD53 collaboration has developed over the last five years the foundations for the extremely challenging pixel detector chips for the Phase-II pixel upgrades of ATLAS and CMS.
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A new design for the FCC-hh detector magnet: towards a smaller, simpler and especially more cost-effective solution. -
The EP-DT group has published its Annual Report where key activities throughout 2017 are summarized -
As the LHC experiments gather more data physics analysis can benefit from the development of novel machine learning tools. -
Results from XENON1T, the world’s largest and most sensitive detector dedicated to a direct search for WIMPs were reported last month.
New Staff Members and Fellows
Opinion
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Science is by no means the entire picture, but to clip its wings with instantaneous utilitarianism means sacrificing some of what it means to be human.