Category: Newsletter
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Connecting the dots: applying deep learning techniques in HEP
Connecting the dots: applying deep learning techniques in HEP With massive amounts of computational power, machines can now recognize objects and translate speech in real time. Deep-learning software attempts to mimic the activity in layers of neurons in the neocortex, the wrinkly 80 percent of the brain where thinking occurs. The software learns, to recognize
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A new era for calorimetry?
A new era for calorimetry? Motivation In the mid-1990s the design of the CMS detector was being finalized, culminating in the relevant Technical Design Reports at the end of the decade. This was followed by the start of construction. The main constraints at the time were radiation tolerance and immunity to the effects of pileup.
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RD53: Making the challenging pixel detector chips for the Phase-II upgrades of ATLAS and CMS
RD53: Making the challenging pixel detector chips for the Phase-II upgrades of ATLAS and CMS The RD53 collaboration has developed over the last five years the foundations to make the extremely challenging pixel detector chips for the Phase-II pixel upgrades of ATLAS and CMS. A large-scale demonstrator chip, called RD53A, was produced last year and
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VeloPix, a new hybrid pixel readout ASIC for the upgrade of the VELO detector of LHCb.
VeloPix, a new hybrid pixel readout ASIC for the upgrade of the VELO detector of LHCb. The LHCb-VELO group, which is composed of several institutes from the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Russia, Brazil and CERN are constructing an upgraded version of the VErtex LOcator (VELO) to be installed and commissioned during the long shutdown LS2 in
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DT’s 2018 annual report
DT's 2018 annual report The EP-DT group has published its Annual Report where key activities throughout 2017 are summarized and a description is given of how the group is organized and interacts with the detector physics community. The Detector Technologies group participates in the development, construction, operation and maintenance of particle detectors for experiments at
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Ferdinand Hahn 1959-2018
Ferdinand Hahn 1959-2018 It was with great sadness that we learned that Ferdi Hahn passed away on 4 March 2018: an enthusiastic and highly skilled colleague, and an openhearted friend. Ferdi first came to CERN in 1987 as technical student of the University of Wuppertal, when he joined the EF division and the DELPHI Barrel
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ALPHA new results: pushing the limits in antimatter research
ALPHA new results: pushing the limits in antimatter research In a paper published this week in Nature, the ALPHA collaboration reports the most precise direct measurement of antimatter ever made, revealing the spectral structure of the antihydrogen atom in unprecedented accuracy. The result marks a new era of high precision tests between matter and antimatter
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A word from the Head of the EP department – April 2018
A word from the Head of the EP department – April 2018 Dear Colleagues in EP, The year 2018 started with a big shock for us. The tragic death of Ferdi Hahn has concerned us deeply. Ferdi was Deputy Department Head of EP, a close colleague and good friend for many of us. Please see
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Stephen Hawking, Force of Nature
Stephen Hawking, Force of Nature I always thought that Stephen Hawking would outlive me. I broke into tears when I heard on Wednesday that he had not. He died at his home in Cambridge, England, at 76, after more than half a century of living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url
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BabyMIND records first muon tracks
BabyMIND records first muon tracks Assembled as part of project NP05 at the CERN Neutrino Platform, the Baby MIND muon spectrometer has been recording its first muon tracks from neutrino interactions at J-PARC since 10th March. Baby MIND is designed to determine the momentum and charge of muons that are the product of neutrino interactions