Category: Newsletter
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n_TOF restarts its experimental programme
n_TOF restarts its experimental programme Following the installation of the new spallation target during LS2 and the successful commissioning during the 2021 run [1,2], the n_TOF Collaboration started in March, this year, an intense experimental programme for all three experimental areas of the facility. The n_TOF core experimental programme is the measurement of neutron induced
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SND@LHC gears up for data taking
SND@LHC gears up for data taking The last fifteen months have been a full-fledged race against the clock for the SND@LHC Collaboration. The experiment was approved by the Research Board in March 2021 with the goal of taking data in Run 3 of the LHC. The Collaboration has had to construct and test the sub-detectors
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A new High-Granularity pre-shower detector for FASER
A new High-Granularity pre-shower detector for FASER The ForwArd Search ExpeRiment (FASER) is searching for new light and weakly interacting particles decaying into charged final states at the LHC [1][2]. While the first physics data taking has just started an upgrade is already foreseen to enhance the sensitivity also to Long-Lived Particles (LLP) decaying into
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Start up of the ATLAS and CMS magnets
Start up of the ATLAS and CMS magnets LS2 works and commissioning of the ATLAS Superconducting Magnets In the last few years, the ATLAS superconducting magnets and associated systems have received extensive maintenance and upgrades. Following this, the magnets have recently been successfully commissioned and are now running at nominal current. During LS2, the ATLAS
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Installation of the second half of the LHCb SciFi detector
Installation of the second half of the LHCb SciFi detector The installation of the first half of the LHCb SciFi detector was already discussed in a previous EP newsletter article. The second half also proved to be rather challenging. First of all, the remaining six C-frames had to be assembled. Following CERN’s reopening and the
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What is the W boson mass trying to tell us?
What is the W boson mass trying to tell us? Introduction In April this year the CDF collaboration shocked the particle physics world with a new measurement of the mass of the W boson particle [1], with a precision better than all previous results combined, and a value of the W mass higher than the
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The proposed Einstein Telescope gravitational wave observatory gains ground
The proposed Einstein Telescope gravitational wave observatory gains ground With the first direct detection of a gravitational wave event in 2015, we are at the beginning of a rapidly growing field of science that offers us a whole new way to study the Universe. Gravitational waves allow us to measure the vibrations in space and
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Geant4: a modern and versatile toolkit for detector simulations
Geant4: a modern and versatile toolkit for detector simulations Like a good, lifelong friend who is accompanying you through all phases of life, the Geant4 detector simulation toolkit is widely used in particle physics experiments from their conception to their design, during construction and data taking, for physics analyses, until several years after the experiment's
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The FELIX Project
The FELIX Project If you are working on one of the ATLAS, DUNE or NA62 experiments you have surely participated to meetings in which people referred to “FELIX”, as if it were a widely-known brand. You probably guessed, after some time, that they were not referring to the 1919’s cat of the cartoon nor the
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LLP11: The eleventh workshop of the Long-Lived Particle Community
LLP11: The eleventh workshop of the Long-Lived Particle Community Amidst the excitement of preparations for the impending Run 3 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), as well as prominent developments of key projects around the globe, the eleventh workshop of the Long-Lived Particle (LLP) Community initiative (LLP11) was held virtually from 30 May to 3