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A word from the Deputy Head of the EP department - March 2023

Dear Colleagues, dear Members of the EP Department and CERN Users,

It is my pleasure to invite you to the reading of the spring edition of the EP Newsletter.


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Interviews & Features

The IRRAD Proton Facility Journey to get new detector systems ready for the Long Shutdown 3

A busy period for the proton irradiation facility (IRRAD) at the PS East Area.

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Chronicles of SND@LHC’s first year of data taking

The SND@LHC collaboration has successfully completed beam commissioning and started the first year of data taking.

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HIKE collaboration targets a new era of kaon experiments

The High Intensity Kaon Experiments (HIKE) project offers the vision for a long-term diverse programme at CERN after LS3, based in the North Area experimental hall

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TOTEM collaboration prepares to explore new territories in forward physics

Focus on the TOTEM experiment and its plans for the upcoming Run 3 of the LHC.

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Testing silicon sensors for the CMS Endcap Calorimeter Upgrade

A report on the first demonstration of the radiation hardness of full-sized 8” silicon sensors for the CMS Endcap Calorimeter Upgrade using a novel irradiation facility.

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Results from the experiments

Radioactive ion beams at ISOLDE bring the nuclear clock a tick closer

The nucleus of the radioisotope thorium-229, a leading candidate for use in next-generation optical clocks, could be a unique tool for tests of fundamental physics

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ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Phase II Upgrade: entering production phase.

The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) community is entering the production phase, after a long R&D phase.

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MILLIQAN gets ready to have a look at the dark

The milliQan detector is ready to take data during Run 3. 

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Special Features

 

B anomalies: hopes, disillusions, and future prospects.

A short review of the flavour anomalies in b hadron decays and some prospects with future data.

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New ATLAS result weighs in on the W boson

The ATLAS Collaboration has measured the W boson mass to be 80360 MeV with an uncertainty of 16 MeV – in agreement with the Standard Model.

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The Higgs boson and the prospects for elementary particle physics

A post-LHC research programme should take into account the central role of the Higgs boson and its associated mysteries.

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CERN team maps the sPHENIX Solenoid at BNL

Mapping the magnetic field of the 20-ton cylindrical superconducting solenoid magnet that lies at the core of the sPHENIX detector.

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