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Upgrade of the Magnet Safety System for Experimental Magnets
The Magnet Safety System (MSS) is a critical system that ensures the safety of experimental magnets, both warm and superconducting. It was developed within EP-DT for the LHC experiments, starting at the end of the 90’s, in the framework of the…
Read moreSuperconducting Magnets for Particle Detectors
Experimental particle physics at the energy frontier has been performed with colliding beam accelerators and particle detectors. Superconducting magnets for these detectors and for physics experiments including astroparticle physics have much…
Read moreRD50: 30th Workshop on radiation hard semiconductor devices for high luminosity colliders
The RD50 collaboration “Radiation hard semiconductor devices for high luminosity colliders” is working on the development of radiation-tolerant silicon sensors for the detectors of the HL-LHC (High Luminosity-LHC) experiments and started to…
Read moreRD53: a large scale demonstrator pixel chip for the phase 2 upgrades of ATLAS and CMS
The RD53 collaboration presented the RD53A large scale pixel chip demonstrator in 65nm CMOS technology as a vital milestone to make viable pixel detectors for the ATLAS and CMS phase 2 upgrades. The RD53 collaboration has during the last 4…
Read moreAIDA-2020 spearheads European detector R&D
Detectors are what makes particle physics an experimental science. Pushing detector technologies and facilities beyond the frontiers of scientific innovation is critical in advancing high-energy physics. As such, current detectors must be improved…
Read moreAn amazing year for the DT group
The DT group, provides centralized resources and expertise in terms of personnel and facilities, for the development of future detector technologies, R&D and contributes to detector construction projects. Thank to the vast range of…
Read moreMicro-pattern gaseous detectors applications for imaging purposes, and the prospects of the actual developments
Introduction Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGDs) are a family of detectors with gas as active medium. They were conceived in order to overcome the limitations of the Multi-Wire Proportional Chambers (MWPCs) [1] with respect to position…
Read moreSuccessful commissioning of the new PH-DT safety and control system for the refurbished COMPASS Solenoid.
From left to right, L.Deront, S.Ravat and A.Kehrli in front of the Safety and Control system racks developed and manufactured in PH-DT for the COMPASS solenoid. The PH-DT Instrumentation and Controls team has being developing a new safety system…
Read moreThe run 2015 for the PH-DT Irradiation Facilities has begun!
The PH-DT irradiation facilities team operates the Proton Irradiation Facility (IRRAD) at the PS East Area and the Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF++) located at the SPS North Area. Moreover, the team provides support in planning irradiation…
Read moreRadiation Monitors Tested on Orion Space mission
On Friday 5 December, NASA's new Orion spaceship, a capsule built to take humans further into space than ever before, made its first test flight. The flight marked the first time, since Apollo 17 was launched to the moon in 1972, that a spacecraft…
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