Category: Newsletter
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A wealth of data for “Beamline for Schools” competition
A wealth of data for "Beamline for Schools" competition After a week of shifts on the T9 beamline at CERN, two teams of high-school students – the winners of CERN's first ever "Beamline for schools" contest – are ready to analyse their data. BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/wealth-data-beamline-schools-competition) CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer
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ISOLDE first to produce physics after the LS1
ISOLDE first to produce physics after the LS1 ISOLDE, CERN’s nuclear physics facility started physics the 1st of August. Several experiments have already been completed thanks to the wonderful job done by Magdalena Kowalska, our beam coordinator, the technical CERN team and all the users that worked intensively to produce the best physics possible. Up
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3rd International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics
3rd International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics The Third International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP) was held July 31-August 6, 2014, at the conference center of the Orthodox Academy of Crete, situated near Kolymbari on Crete’s north-west coast. The conference was preceded by a two-day workshop on the physics of FAIR. The
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Workshop on exact results in SUSY gauge theories in various dimensions
Workshop on exact results in SUSY gauge theories in various dimensions The workshop on Exact Results in SUSY Gauge Theories in Various Dimensions took place from 11 to 22 August at CERN. It brought together leading experts in supersymmetric gauge theories from many universities and laboratories around the world to discuss recent progress on computing
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EPS Lise Meitner Prize 2014 awarded to ALICE physicists
EPS Lise Meitner Prize 2014 awarded to ALICE physicists On 3rd September 2014, four ALICE physicists received the prestigious Lise Meitner Prize 2014 from the European Physics Society. Johanna Stachel, Peter Braun-Munzinger, Paolo Giubellino, and Jürgen Schukraft were awarded for their outstanding contributions to the development of heavy ion physics, as they have played an
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CMS tests new Resistive Plate Chambers
CMS tests new Resistive Plate Chambers With the increase of the LHC luminosity foreseen in the coming years many detectors currently used in the different LHC experiments will be dramatically impacted and some will have to be replaced. The new ones should be capable not only to support the high particle rate but also to
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A bright future for neutrons at n_TOF
A bright future for neutrons at n_TOF After the long shutdown, the newly constructed second experimental area (EAR2) [1] of the n_TOF facility has received its first neutron beam on July 25 2014 [2]. The neutron beam in EAR2 complements, and runs in parallel with, the existing experimental area EAR1. The story of CERN’s neutron
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International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Physics
International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Physics Cosmic-ray and particle physicists got together to discuss the latest developments in the field of high energy hadron collisions of cosmic ray particles in the 18th International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI). The Symposium took place at CERN, from 18 to 22
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ALICE uses the T10 line to test its detectors
ALICE uses the T10 line to test its detectors After a long shutdown period, the PS has finally been put into operation and ALICE is making extensive use of it in the East Area. The main goal of these test beams is to qualify new protoypes, calibrate the detectors and to check its electronics, in
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ATLAS micromegas detectors tested in T9
ATLAS micromegas detectors tested in T9 BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/atlas-micromegas-detectors-tested-t9) The upgrade of the ATLAS detector calls for a new generation of muon detectors capable of operating in a flux of collision and background particles approximately ten times larger compared to today's conditions. The new technology of micromegas detectors is one