June 2022 - September 2022
Installation of the second half of the LHCb SciFi detector
The installation of the first half of the LHCb SciFi detector was already discussed in a previous EP newsletter article. The second half also proved to be rather challenging. First of all, the remaining six C-frames had to be assembled. Following…
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What is the W boson mass trying to tell us?
Introduction In April this year the CDF collaboration shocked the particle physics world with a new measurement of the mass of the W boson particle [1], with a precision better than all previous results combined, and a value of the W mass higher…
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The proposed Einstein Telescope gravitational wave observatory gains ground
With the first direct detection of a gravitational wave event in 2015, we are at the beginning of a rapidly growing field of science that offers us a whole new way to study the Universe. Gravitational waves allow us to measure the vibrations in…
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Geant4: a modern and versatile toolkit for detector simulations
Like a good, lifelong friend who is accompanying you through all phases of life, the Geant4 detector simulation toolkit is widely used in particle physics experiments from their conception to their design, during construction and data taking, for…
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The FELIX Project
If you are working on one of the ATLAS, DUNE or NA62 experiments you have surely participated to meetings in which people referred to “FELIX”, as if it were a widely-known brand. You probably guessed, after some time, that they were not referring to…
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LLP11: The eleventh workshop of the Long-Lived Particle Community
Amidst the excitement of preparations for the impending Run 3 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), as well as prominent developments of key projects around the globe, the eleventh workshop of the Long-Lived Particle (LLP) Community initiative (LLP11…
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