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n_TOF one year after - First results

Since the termination of the construction of the new second experimental area EAR2 [1,2] of n_TOF in July 2014 [3], the facility has been successfully taking data both in the existing experimental area EAR1 and in the new EAR2. The neutron beams in…

COMPASS-II: A QCD Laboratory at CERN

With COMPASS-II CERN enters in the exploration of a new territory: the structure of the proton in multiple dimensions. While COMPASS-I primarily studied the distribution and polarisation of quarks and gluons in the nucleon as a function of the…

ALICE and BASE experiments present new results related to CPT symmetry

In August the ALICE experiment published a precise measurement of the difference between ratios of the mass and electric charge of light nuclei and antinuclei produced during heavy-ion collisions at the LHC. The article published in the journal…

TOTEM experiment upgrade

The Totem experiment has shown with recent data that in collaboration with CMS is possible to enlarge the original physics program in the diffractive proton interaction field. The Central Diffraction channel, although it has an order of magnitude…

ISOLDE: New access to study dilute rare earth doped materials

Mössbauer spectroscopy (MS) is named after Rudolf L. Mössbauer (1929-2011) who found the effect in 1957 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery in 1961. MS makes use of recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence of gamma rays…

AMS Days at CERN

The conference 'AMS Days at CERN' took place from 15 to 17 April at the Main Auditorium. Its aim was to provide an overview of the latest results of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, as well as bring together experts in astroparticle physics to…

Two distinctions for ISOLDE scientists

Two ISOLDE scientists have received prestigious awards this year for their research in the field of nuclear and particle physics. Kara Marie Lynch was honoured with the GENCO Young Scientist award, which recognizes outstanding achievements of young…

NA62 Experiment records first data

Over the last weeks, while everyone has been excited with the restart of LHC, the NA62 experiment at CERN has already started producing data, following the circulation of the first beams in the injector chain in 2014. The experiment focuses in the…

NA61/SHINE sheds light on strong Interactions

The past several months were particularly important for the NA61/SHINE programme on strong interactions. This period was crowned by the ongoing beam energy scan with argon-scandium collisions. Here the key events are summarized, but first NA61/…

ISOLDE offers safety training courses

One of the safety challenges faced by the PH Department is how to provide safety training and raise awareness for the large number of users. Most of them visit CERN only for short periods of time, thus they often do not have the chance to attend one…

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