Glossary
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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…