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A word from the EP Deputy Department Head - March 2024

Dear Colleagues in EP,

It is my pleasure to introduce the EP newsletter for the first time. This edition of the EP newsletter includes a very varied set of articles, well representing the diversity in the department’s activities....


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Interviews & Features

Unveiling the Hidden Foes: Tackling Aging Phenomena in Gaseous Detectors

The third International Conference on Detector Stability and Aghttps://indico.cern.ch/event/1237829/ing Phenomena in Gaseous Detectors offered an occasion for sharing new results, new ideas and new facility requirements.

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The Future of HEP Computing Considered

While particle physics is accustomed to long-term planning for detectors, computing demands require a new approach due to rapid technological advancements.

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Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from particle detection systems at CERN: status and perspectives.

EP-DT Gas Team is collaborating with experiments and CERN's environmental board to develop innovative solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from essential detector gases. 

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Extending ATLAS Physics Reach with Analysis Reuse Technology

Using cutting-edge analysis technologies, ATLAS scientists were able to explore a much larger area of supersymmetric parameter space than ever before.

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Silicon-detector modules for future experiments

WP1.3 addresses the challenges of advanced silicon-detector modules.

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Future Robotic Residents in Experimental Caverns: Advancements in Detector Technology at CERN's EP Department

Explore the groundbreaking robotics revolution underway at CERN's Experimental Physics department.

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Results from the experiments

Navigating the Data Tsunami: CMS Prompt Data Processing and Distribution in Run 3

Enhancements to the CMS trigger and data acquisition systems before Run 3 at the LHC increased event rates and data volume, expanding the detector's physics reach.

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Truly non-destructive: Antimatter under the microscope during the 2024-YETS

The BASE experiment inches closer to a ten-fold improvement in the measurement accuracy of the antiproton's magnetic moment, known as the g-factor.

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AEgIS Experiment Breakthrough: Laser Cooling Opens Door to New Antimatter Studies

Paving the way for new set of antimatter studies by laser-cooling positronium.   

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Revolutionizing Particle Detection: 3D-Printed Scintillating Detectors for Tracking and Calorimetry

Large, high-resolution plastic detectors in particle physics require new 3D printing techniques to simplify complex assembly processes.

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ISOLDE: On the frontiers of materials science for a sustainable future

Researchers at ISOLDE-CERN are developing new characterization techniques for magnetic materials used in green technologies.

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Scientists Observe a New Way for Heavy Mesons to Decay

LHCb experiment at CERN observes a new way for a subatomic particle called the charmed beauty meson to decay.

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Special Features

 

In discussion with Cumrun Vafa

We engage with Professor Vafa (Professor of Physics at Harvard University) in a conversation that delves into the complexities of theoretical physics, the challenges, and opportunities it presents, and the advice he has for aspiring physicists embarking on their journeys of discovery.

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LHC anomalies hint at possible light Higgs boson signature

A theoretical perspective on recent intriguing results from LHC's ATLAS and CMS experiments that find a mild excess of events consistent with a new Higgs boson at 95GeV.

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From Vision to Reality: FCC Feasibility Study completes Midterm Review

The Future Circular Collider (FCC) project, initiated in response to the European Strategy for Particle Physics, has reached a critical juncture with its midterm review.

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All the Objects in the Universe (and Some Questions)

An overview of the thermal history of our Universe and the sequence of objects (e.g., protons, planets, and galaxies) that condensed out of the background as the Universe expanded and cooled.

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Champion in laser ionisation of unstable nuclei, justice and diversity at work, and climbing.

The legacy of Bruce Marsh, the visionary behind the groundbreaking RILIS technology at CERN's ISOLDE facility.

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