Category: Newsletter
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In discussion with Valentina Cairo
In discussion with Valentina Cairo Earlier this summer, the 2023 Young Experimental Physicist Prize of the High Energy and Particle Physics Division of the European Physical Society – for early career experimental physicists – was awarded to CERN staff physicist Valentina Cairo for her outstanding contributions to the ATLAS experiment: from the construction of the
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DUNE and T2K gear up for next stage
DUNE and T2K gear up for next stage In the middle of the LHC ring, at the CERN Prevessin site, lies an experimental facility dedicated to particles that are but missing momentum to the four major LHC experiments. The Neutrino Platform, built as an extension of the SPS test beam area, hosts the R&D activities
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Triggering in ATLAS in Run 3
Triggering in ATLAS in Run 3 The ATLAS collaboration recently celebrated its 30th anniversary following the submission of the experiment’s Letter of Intent in 1992 and has accomplished great achievements during these years. However, it is still a young experiment, with only 6% of the total data set acquired to date. During the LHC Long
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The CMS Trigger System for Run 3
The CMS Trigger System for Run 3 Before the start of the LHC Run 3, CMS improved many aspects of its trigger system in order to boost the physics reach of the experiment. To select events of potential physics interest, the CMS trigger system divides the processing into two levels: the Level-1 trigger (L1T), implemented
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First edition of the RD51 Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors School at CERN.
First edition of the RD51 Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors School at CERN. The first edition of the RD51 Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGD) School was held at CERN from November 27th to December 1st, 2023. The school focused on state-of-the-art MPGD technologies with the goals of introducing newcomers to the field of MPGDs as well
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A word from the DIRAC and Rucio Workshop 2023
A word from the DIRAC and Rucio Workshop 2023 DIRAC and Rucio are two software projects used for scientific computing. Both projects are led by CERN, and the EP department is one of the major contributors to both. DIRAC is used by CERN experiments such as LHCb, CLIC, FCC, NA62, and non-CERN experiments like Belle
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All the Objects in the Universe (and Some Questions)
All the Objects in the Universe (and Some Questions) When astronauts look at the Earth from orbit, they are often awed by its beauty and isolation. They speak of the overview effect; a cognitive shift to a new larger perspective that gives context and meaning to their lives. For physicists, a similar, more abstract overview
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FCC feasibility study reaches midterm milestone
FCC feasibility study reaches midterm milestone The first stage of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) Integrated Project is a high-luminosity, high-energy electron-positron collider, serving as a Higgs, top and electroweak factory. The second stage is an energy frontier hadron collider, with a centre-of-mass energy of at least 100 TeV. This programme matches the highest priority
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An interview with Michael E. Peskin
An interview with Michael E. Peskin What drove you into particle physics? I grew up in an environment that was keen on science. Both of my parents were doctors. My father was a well-known academic surgeon who held appointments at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, UC San Diego, and Yale. My mother
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A word from the EP Department Head
A word from the EP Department Head While the temperature is rising and the summer has started, we are in the middle of this year’s LHC run and the non-LHC experiments are also taking good data. The machines and the LHC experiments show excellent performance, with problems appearing here and there but quickly being solved.