Category: Newsletter
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Editorial – June 2013
Editorial – June 2013 All four LHC experiments are consolidating their infrastructure: electrical and cooling systems, magnets, shielding, DAQ systems and networks are being maintained and often improved. In ATLAS, the pixel detector has been removed and will be re-inserted next year including a new 4th layer (IBL) and better service panels. Muon chambers will
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Interview with René BRUN
Interview with René BRUN Rene joined CERN in 1973. While working with C. Rubbia at the ISR he developped the HBOOK package still in use today. In 1975 he was in charge of the simulation and reconstruction software for NA44 where GEANT1 and GEANT2 were created. In 1981, he joined OPAL at LEP, creating the
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TH institute on black hole horizons and quantum information
TH institute on black hole horizons and quantum information In classical General Relativity, black holes are the generic endpoint of gravitational collapse. They are characterized by an event horizon separating two causally disconnected regions, one visible to an asymptotic observer, the other accessible to an infalling observer. Semi-classical reasoning suggests that black holes decay by
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The SESAME project
The SESAME project Great scientific ideas have been born, shaped and cultivated in the CERN corridors and cafeteria. But CERN was founded not only as a place where knowledge could be accumulated and advanced but also as a place where European healing was attempted after the horrors of World War II as well as during
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TH Winter School 2013
TH Winter School 2013 The 2013 CERN Winter School on Supergravity, strings and gauge theory took place from 4th to 8th of February following a tradition that dates back to 2005. The School was originally organized by the European Thematic Network on “Constituents, Fundamental Forces and Symmetries of the Universe”. Since 2009, the school is
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The “white paper” projects in ESE
The “white paper” projects in ESE In the course of 2007, at the time the ESE group was formed1, several “white paper projects” -an initiative of the Council towards projects for future research- were defined and approved for a start in 2008. ESE was involved in four of them and this paper gives the status
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A new iOS application for CERN
A new iOS application for CERN The SFT and the Education Group at CERN are joining forces and present a new iOS application for CERN. The application gives to the users real time information on the status of the LHC and live displays of LHC events from the four experiments: ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb.
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C++ and CERN
C++ and CERN In 1998, about fifteen years after its invention, C++ became a standard. Not in the sense of a few vendors agreeing on a minimal feature set, but in the sense of the standard for screws, paper and photographic film: a standard governed by the rules of the International Organization for Standardization ISO.
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LHC interactive tunnel.
LHC interactive tunnel. Have you ever imagined how it would be like to walk inside the Higgs field or to cause collisions by playing football with a proton-ball made of three quarks? The PH/EDU group designed an interactive tunnel of the LHC that offers visitors the unique experience of being a particle physicist working on
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Meeting the challenges of the High-Energy ISOLDE!
Meeting the challenges of the High-Energy ISOLDE! The On-Line Isotope Mass Separator ISOLDE is a facility dedicated to the production, study and use of exotic nuclei located far from the valley of stability i.e. far from the species found naturally on Earth. These exotic nuclei are being studied in many different experiments in the fields