Tag: Detector
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AEgIS transforms smartphone sensors into an antimatter camera of unprecedented resolution
The AEgIS collaboration, led by a team from the Technical University of Munich, has repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of imaging antiproton annihilations in real time with unprecedented resolution
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Upgrading the LHCb sub-detectors for the HL-LHC
The LHCb experiment is revamping its electromagnetic calorimeter with new high-performance modules and equipping its ring-imaging Cherenkov detectors with very fast electronics
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ALICE gets the green light for new subdetectors
CERN’s dedicated heavy-ion physics experiment, ALICE, is upgrading its Inner Tracking System and adding a forward calorimeter for the next phase of the LHC upgrade
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Carbon dioxide for the environment
Following the completion of a successful in-house development phase, CERN is equipping the ATLAS and CMS detectors with new carbon dioxide (CO2) cooling systems that will contribute to the transition towards green and sustainable technology in this area
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LHCb discovers three new exotic particles
The collaboration has observed a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks”
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What’s in store for the CMS detector over the next two years?
With the LHC switched off for a two-year technical stop, CMS is undergoing significant maintenance and upgrades
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Wheels in motion: what’s planned for ATLAS in the next two years?
Enhancing ATLAS’s detection capabilities in preparation for the LHC restart
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The New Small Wheels set ATLAS on track for high luminosity
An upgrade to the “Small Wheels”, the innermost sections of the ATLAS muon end-cap system, will help ATLAS cope with the conditions at the HL-LHC