Read article 'Imaging gaseous detectors and their applications'
Imaging gaseous detectors and their applications
Ariella Cattai reviews in 2013 Imaging gaseous detectors and their applications.
Read article 'Imaging gaseous detectors and their applications'
Read article 'ALICE looks to the future'
ALICE looks to the future
After more than three years of highly successful operation, the ALICE detector is about to undergo a major programme of consolidation and upgrade during the Long Shutdown 1 (LS1) of CERN’s ac...
Read article 'ATLAS completes precision luminosity measurement'
ATLAS completes precision luminosity measurement
The success of the procedure for vdM scans at the LHC resulted from close co-operation between the LHC accelerator team and the four large experimental collaborations.
Read article 'CMS prepares for the future'
CMS prepares for the future
There will be no rest at Point 5, site of the CMS detector, during the long shutdown
Read article 'AEgIS installation completed'
AEgIS installation completed
Despite first being described over three centuries ago, gravity remains one of the least understood of the fundamental forces.
Read article 'Work for the LHC’s first long shutdown gets under way'
Work for the LHC’s first long shutdown gets under way
Photos highlight some of CERN’s preparations for a busy two years of maintenance and consolidation.
Read article 'De-squeezed beams for ALFA and TOTEM'
De-squeezed beams for ALFA and TOTEM
Following tests in September, a short, dedicated run at the end of October provided "de-squeezed" beams to the ALFA and TOTEM experiments, allowing new measurements of the elastic proton–proton cros...
Read article 'Successful test of proton–ion collisions in LHCb'
Successful test of proton–ion collisions in LHCb
Unlike the other three large experiments at the LHC, LHCb did not participate in heavy-ion runs in 2010 and 2011.
Read article 'CMS studies the quark–gluon plasma'
CMS studies the quark–gluon plasma
Results from a multifaceted heavy-ion programme.
Read article 'Particle identification in ALICE boosts QGP studies'
Particle identification in ALICE boosts QGP studies
How the experiment employs an arsenal of techniques.
