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SFT group is participating in the Scientific Computing Work Package (WP8) of the EPLANET project (http://www.roma1.infn.it/exp/eplanet/). The main objective of EPLANET is to create and reinforce networks for joint research projects and for high-…

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Common Research and Development consortia provide CERN and CERN member institutions with many benefits. For many detector developments significant R&D is needed in order to bring new detector concepts to a state where they are mature enough to…

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In 2001 the RD50 Collaboration “Radiation hard semiconductor devices for high luminosity colliders” was formed in view of the first luminosity upgrade scenarios for the LHC. It was obvious that the LHC tracking detectors would not survive the…

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Irradiation is the process by which an object is exposed to radiation. Although this term is fairly generic, the performing of irradiation experiments has a very important meaning for the PH department. In fact, the PH department is deeply involved…

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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…

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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…