Tag: July-September 2026
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From Run 3 to the next generation: following the transformation of the LHC experiments
From Run 3 to the next generation: following the transformation of the LHC experiments by Panos Charitos (CERN) With Run 3 complete, the LHC experiments are entering a period in which two major undertakings will advance together: extracting physics from an exceptional volume of collision data and preparing the detectors for their next phase of
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ANUBIS: from prototype to Letter of Intent
The proANUBIS demonstrator has completed data taking in the ATLAS cavern, showing that its detector technology delivers the efficiency and timing precision required to search for long-lived particles. These results strengthen the case for the full ANUBIS experiment, which would extend ATLAS’s reach into a largely unexplored region of new physics.
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colibri: CERN VHDL Common Library released for Everyone to Use
CERN has released colibri, an open-source library designed to make FPGA gateware more portable, reliable and independent of individual vendors. Developed with support from the CERN EP R&D programme, it provides more than 100 verified VHDL components and is already used by over ten projects within and beyond CERN.
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Inside CMS’s LS3 decommissioning challenge
CMS has begun one of the most demanding interventions in its history: the carefully planned removal of around 600 m³ of legacy services. Empty racks and cable trays now reveal the first stage of the detector’s transformation for the High-Luminosity LHC.
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CERN STEAM Academy puts the future of scientific software centre stage
C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup returned to CERN for a packed STEAM Academy seminar on the future of scientific software. From safer programming and simpler code to new language features and the demands of long-lived research infrastructure, he explored how C++ can continue to evolve alongside the computing challenges of modern science.
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Four of a kind: exploring quadruple-Higgs boson production at the HL-LHC
Four Higgs bosons from a single LHC collision would be a remarkable sight. The Standard Model puts an observation out of reach at the High-Luminosity LHC. Yet events containing four Higgs bosons could still matter for today’s experimental search strategies—and become much more abundant if new scalar particles exist.
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Taking ATLAS apart to build its future
In the first weeks of Long Shutdown 3, ATLAS entered a decisive new phase. Over the next four years, the collaboration will dismantle major parts of the detector and install new tracking, timing, trigger and infrastructure systems for the High-Luminosity LHC. Its technical coordination team reveals the intricate planning, tension and unexpected joy behind this…
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A Hundred Gigabits per Fibre: Silicon Photonics Links for the Detectors of Tomorrow
The High-Speed Links Work Package (WP6) of the EP R&D programme is developing the radiation-tolerant, high-bandwidth optical links needed for future particle detectors. Combining custom ASICs, Silicon Photonics and FPGA-based back-end systems, the team is now moving towards integrated demonstrations in an experimental context.
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Key4hep: A software framework for future collider studies
Key4hep brings future-collider communities together around a shared software framework for detector design and physics studies. By integrating tools for event generation, simulation, reconstruction and analysis, it reduces duplication, facilitates comparisons and allows each project to adapt the software to its own detector and scientific goals.
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The last beam tests before LS3 boost FCC-ee detector technologies
The last beam tests before LS3 boost FCC-ee detector technologies by Hector Garcia Morales (CERN, FCC-PED group) In one of the last opportunities to test detector prototypes before CERN’s accelerator complex enters Long Shutdown 3, a beam test campaign brought together different teams from across the world to test FCC-ee detector technologies. To date, six