detector

Seven experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) use detectors to analyse the myriad of particles produced by collisions in the accelerator: ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHCb, TOTEM, LHCf and MoEDAL

30 results

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

News
Engineering
12 October, 2023
Engineering
News
12 October, 2023

3rd International Conference on Detector Stability and Aging Phenomena in Gaseous Detectors

The conference will be held at CERN in the main Auditorium from November 6th to 10th, 2023

Announcement
Engineering
21 June, 2023
Engineering
Announcement
21 June, 2023

LHCb discovers three new exotic particles

The collaboration has observed a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks”

News
Physics
05 July, 2022

Successful installation of the CMS Pixel Tracker

News
Experiments
06 August, 2021

Greening gaseous detectors

Physicists seek to replace harmful chlorofluorocarbons with novel “eco-gases”

News
Experiments
08 June, 2021
Experiments
News
08 June, 2021

LHCb

Experiments
Experiments

LS2 Report: An upgraded Inner Tracking System joins the ALICE detector

The two barrels of the largest pixel detector ever built have been successfully lowered into the cavern and stand ready for commissioning

News
Experiments
26 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

News
Experiments
28 April, 2021
Experiments
News
28 April, 2021

Aligning the ATLAS muon spectrometer

In new results, ATLAS physicists describe novel techniques used to accurately align the muon spectrometer

News
Experiments
23 March, 2021
Experiments
News
23 March, 2021

CERN meets quantum technology

The CERN Quantum Technology Initiative will explore the potential of devices harnessing perplexing quantum phenomena such as entanglement to enrich and expand its challenging research programme

News
Computing
30 September, 2020
Computing
News
30 September, 2020

LS2 Report: 144 new muon detectors in CMS

CMS now has a new layer of detectors: 144 gas electron multiplier (GEM) chambers have been installed to detect the muons produced in the very forward region of CMS

News
Experiments
29 September, 2020
Experiments
News
29 September, 2020

Keeping the ATLAS Inner Detector in perfect alignment

The ATLAS Inner Detector can measure the position of charged particles that pass through it to better than a 100th of a millimetre! To reach that precision, the detector must be aligned to equal or better accuracy

News
Experiments
30 September, 2020
Experiments
News
30 September, 2020