Tag: CMS
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The CMS PIX Phase I upgrade CO2 cooling: a full scale prototype ready for tests
The CMS PIX Phase I upgrade CO2 cooling: a full scale prototype ready for tests Low temperature cooling systems using evaporative Carbon Dioxide (CO2) have been used for particle detectors since 2000 by the Silicon Tracker of the AMS02 experiment at the ISS (International Space Station) and for the VELO vertex detector of the LHCb
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CMS – Highlights and Perspectives from UXC55
CMS – Highlights and Perspectives from UXC55 A very busy year of shutdown activities comes to an end, bringing us to the half-way-point of LS1. The most visible change of CMS is an additional fourth shielding disk on the +z end (pointing towards the Jura) of the detector, which is currently parked at the head
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Scintillating crystals: a new window in medical imaging
Scintillating crystals: a new window in medical imaging For science fiction fans antimatter is the high energy fuel that accelerates spaceships faster than the speed of light. In the real world however it has more down to Earth yet extremely useful applications, mainly in the medical field. Positrons are used in Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
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LHC upgrades: the landscape becomes clearer
LHC upgrades: the landscape becomes clearer Many of you have contacted me recently concerning the LHC detector upgrades, with some questions about the planning of future work. It is true that the one year stop after the LHC incident in September 2008, the need of a further shutdown to consolidate the interconnecting splices between magnets