A word from the EP Deputy Department Head - March 2024

Dear EP colleagues, It is my pleasure to introduce the EP newsletter for the first time. My name is Giovanna Lehmann Miotto and, since July 2023, I am one of the two deputy department heads, taking over from Christian Joram. I came to CERN for the…

New Staff Members and Fellows

In discussion with Cumrun Vafa

In the realm of theoretical physics, few minds are as celebrated as Cumrun Vafa. Cumrun Vafa is the Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy in the Physics Department at Harvard University. Throughout his career, he has made…

Unveiling the Hidden Foes: Tackling Aging Phenomena in Gaseous Detectors

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN smashes particles together at record-breaking energies and intensities, unlocking the secrets of our universe. But lurking beneath the excitement of groundbreaking discoveries lies a constant battle against…

The Future of HEP Computing Considered

We are well-used to long lead times in particle physics. Detectors that are commissioned often rely on technology that was in an R&D phase decades before and now, as the CERN community, we now plan for new accelerators that will still be…

Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from particle detection systems at CERN: status and perspectives.

At CERN experiments, some particle detector systems are operated with gas mixtures containing fluorinated gases. These gases are essential for achieving the specific detector performance required for data taking (e.g., long-term stability, time…

Extending ATLAS Physics Reach with Analysis Reuse Technology

In August 2023, the ATLAS Collaboration presented the most comprehensive results to date of searches for electroweak production of supersymmetric particles interpreted within the Phenomenological Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (pMSSM)…

Silicon-detector modules for future experiments

The strategic EP R&D programme on technologies for future experiments pursues an ambitious development programme for advanced silicon detectors. Achieving reliable, high-performance, large-area tracking and timing detector systems with minimal…

Navigating the Data Tsunami: CMS Prompt Data Processing and Distribution in Run 3

Improvements implemented in the CMS trigger and data acquisition systems before the start of Run 3 LHC in 2022 have enabled an increase in both the event rate and the volume of useful data collected by the CMS detector, thereby broadening its…

Truly non-destructive: Antimatter under the microscope during the 2024-YETS

Early in the morning, on the 13th of November 2023, the AD/ELENA facility delivered its final antiproton bunch to the users at the antimatter factory. Most of the particles annihilated a few minutes later in antihydrogen formation and its…