CERN Accelerating science

March 2023 - May 2023

HIKE collaboration targets a new era of kaon experiments

The recently proposed High Intensity Kaon Experiments (HIKE) project offers a long-term vision for a research programme at CERN, covering experimental searches in the kaon sector that could enable a new generation of searches and indirectly probe…

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TOTEM collaboration prepares to explore new territories in forward physics

A new period of data taking began at the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), after more than three years of upgrade and maintenance work. This presents new opportunities for measurements to the LHC…

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Testing silicon sensors for the CMS Endcap Calorimeter Upgrade

Introduction The upcoming upgrade of the LHC to the HL-LHC will pose significant challenges to the detectors due to the enhanced radiation levels and the increase in the number of pile-up interactions. To meet the increased demands, CMS has…

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ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Phase II Upgrade: entering production phase.

The start of the High Luminosity LHC is approaching at a fast pace. In order to be ready with its upgraded front-end electronics and data acquisition systems, ATLAS Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) community is now entering the production phase, after a…

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MILLIQAN gets ready to have a look at the dark

The milliQan collaboration is on track to finish the installation and commissioning of their Run 3 detector before the end of the YETS, Components of both the “bar” and “slab” detectors have been placed in a tunnel above the CMS experimental cavern…

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