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March 2024 - June 2024

In 2012 the ATLAS and CMS collaborations discovered a new particle that – within the present theoretical and experimental uncertainties – is consistent with the predictions for the Higgs boson of the Standard Model (SM) at a mass of about 125 GeV.…

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March 2024 - June 2024

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN smashes particles together at record-breaking energies and intensities, unlocking the secrets of our universe. But lurking beneath the excitement of groundbreaking discoveries lies a constant battle against…

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March 2024 - June 2024

We are well-used to long lead times in particle physics. Detectors that are commissioned often rely on technology that was in an R&D phase decades before and now, as the CERN community, we now plan for new accelerators that will still be…

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March 2024 - June 2024

At CERN experiments, some particle detector systems are operated with gas mixtures containing fluorinated gases. These gases are essential for achieving the specific detector performance required for data taking (e.g., long-term stability, time…

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March 2024 - June 2024

In August 2023, the ATLAS Collaboration presented the most comprehensive results to date of searches for electroweak production of supersymmetric particles interpreted within the Phenomenological Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (pMSSM)…

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March 2024 - June 2024

The strategic EP R&D programme on technologies for future experiments pursues an ambitious development programme for advanced silicon detectors. Achieving reliable, high-performance, large-area tracking and timing detector systems with minimal…

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March 2024 - June 2024

Improvements implemented in the CMS trigger and data acquisition systems before the start of Run 3 LHC in 2022 have enabled an increase in both the event rate and the volume of useful data collected by the CMS detector, thereby broadening its…

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March 2024 - June 2024

Early in the morning, on the 13th of November 2023, the AD/ELENA facility delivered its final antiproton bunch to the users at the antimatter factory. Most of the particles annihilated a few minutes later in antihydrogen formation and its…

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March 2024 - June 2024

A significant breakthrough has been achieved at CERN by the AEgIS experiment. Researchers successfully cooled a sample of positronium using a laser, paving the way for a new era in antimatter research. This accomplishment, reported in Physical…

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March 2024 - June 2024

In 2020, CERN's Experimental Physics Department launched an ambitious project of research and development (EP R&D) for future detectors technologies. This comprehensive initiative tackles advancements in various areas, including sensors,…

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