CMS

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is a general-purpose detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It is designed to investigate a wide range of physics, including the search for the Higgs boson, extra dimensions, and particles that could make up dark matter. Although it has the same scientific goals as the ATLAS experiment, it uses different technical solutions and a different magnet-system design.

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A triple treat from CMS

In a first for particle physics, the CMS collaboration has observed three J/ψ particles emerging from a single collision between two protons

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Physics
29 October, 2021
Physics
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29 October, 2021

The BRIL luminosity sub-detectors prepare CMS for a bright Run 3

Calabrese, Capricciosa, Diavola and Margherita – the four modules of the BRIL sub-system – were mounted on the CMS experiment in July 2021

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Experiments
01 September, 2021
Experiments
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01 September, 2021

Successful installation of the CMS Pixel Tracker

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Experiments
06 August, 2021

LIVE: From the CMS experiment

Join scientists live from the underground cavern of the CMS experiment today on social media

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At CERN
29 June, 2021
At CERN
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29 June, 2021

Physicists launch initiative to help India during its catastrophic COVID-19 surge

Some members of the HEP community have organised a fundraising initiative to purchase ventilators, oxygen concentrators, PPE and other medical supplies that are running critically low in India

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At CERN
05 May, 2021

LS2 Report: Installation of the CMS beam pipe

The CMS collaboration just reached another LS2 milestone: the biggest upgrade of the experimental beam vacuum system since the first operation of CMS in 2008

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Experiments
11 May, 2021

Crystal Clear, 30 years on

The Crystal Clear collaboration is celebrating its 30th anniversary this April – an opportunity to retrace an unusual journey

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Experiments
28 April, 2021
Experiments
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28 April, 2021

59 new hadrons and counting

Over the past 10 years, the LHC has found more than 50 new particles called hadrons

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Physics
03 March, 2021
Physics
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03 March, 2021

CMS collaboration releases its first open data from heavy-ion collisions

CMS data recorded in 2010 and 2011 from lead–lead collisions at the Large Hadron Collider have been released into the public domain for the first time

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Knowledge sharing
13 January, 2021
Knowledge sharing
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13 January, 2021

CMS sets new bounds on the mass of leptoquarks

The bounds are some of the tightest yet on the existence of third-generation leptoquarks

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Physics
18 December, 2020