Tag: trigger

In particle physics, a trigger is a system that uses simple criteria to rapidly decide which events in a particle detector to keep when only a small fraction of the total can be recorded.

  • Outstanding achievements of ATLAS Collaboration members celebrated at CERN

    Outstanding achievements of ATLAS Collaboration members celebrated at CERN

    Great physics relies on great teamwork. The ATLAS Collaboration brings together over 6000 scientists, engineers and other professionals from around the world, drawing on their wealth of experience to keep the experiment running and drive new discoveries. Since 2014, the ATLAS Outstanding Achievement Awards have celebrated contributions made outside the context of a physics analysis,

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  • CMS presents its latest search for new exotic particles

    CMS presents its latest search for new exotic particles

    This search for exotic long-lived particles looks at the possibility of “dark photon” production, which would occur when a Higgs boson decays into muons displaced in the detector

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  • LHC experiments are stepping up their data processing game

    LHC experiments are stepping up their data processing game

    While data processing demand is rocketing for LHC’s Run 3, the four large experiments are increasing their use of GPUs to improve their computing infrastructure

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