“In early 2019 the CMS Phase-1 Pixel detector was extracted from the underground cavern after successful completion of the LHC Run 2 data taking campaign. Its sub-detectors, the Barrel Pixel (BPIX) and Forward Pixel (FPIX) detectors, were stored cool and dry in a clean room facility on the surface to protect the silicon sensors during...Continue reading→

The Annual Report 2020 has been published. Please see the online version here.

“The TOTEM collaboration at the LHC and the DØ collaboration at the Tevatron collider at Fermilab have discovered an elusive state of three gluons.” More information: https://www2.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/luonnontieteet/odderon-loytyi-lopultakin (in Finnish) https://home.cern/news/news/physics/totem-and-do-collaborations-announce-odderon-discovery (CERN) https://news.fnal.gov/2021/03/totem-and-do-collaborations-announce-odderon-discovery/ (Fermilab) http://news.ku.edu/2021/03/16/ku-scientists-announce-odderon-observation-hunted-50-years-particle-physicists (The University of Kansas) Top picture: “Part of the TOTEM installation in the LHC tunnel 220 m downstream from the CMS...Continue reading→