Read article 'Aging workshop provides a useful review of the long-term use of gaseous detectors'
Aging workshop provides a useful review of the long-term use of gaseous detectors
Detectors, like people, encounter problems as they get older.
Read article 'Aging workshop provides a useful review of the long-term use of gaseous detectors'
Read article 'Antares detector deployment progress is on target for 2004'
Antares detector deployment progress is on target for 2004
The Antares undersea neutrino experiment, scheduled for deployment 2400 m down in the Mediterranean off the south coast of France, successfully laid its sea cable at the beginning of October.
Read article 'The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory – Canada’s eye on the universe'
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory – Canada’s eye on the universe
Some 2000 metres underground in a working nickel mine, physicists have installed one of the world's most sensitive instruments for observing the universe. Operational since 1999, the Sudbury Neutrino...
Read article 'Astronomers benefit from particle physics detectors'
Astronomers benefit from particle physics detectors
A new kind of X-ray polarimeter giving greatly improved sensitivity and based on methods developed for particle physics gives astronomers a new handle on X-ray measurement.
Read article 'The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory confirms the oscillation picture'
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory confirms the oscillation picture
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, which started taking data in 1999, has announced its first results on solar neutrinos, which confirm the suspicion that something happens to these particles on their ...
Read article 'New CMS visitor centre proves a star attraction'
New CMS visitor centre proves a star attraction
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, which is being carried out in preparation for the installation of CERN's forthcoming Large Hadron Collider (LHC), became one of the laboratory's star visito...
Read article 'Neutron Time of Flight facility takes off smoothly at CERN'
Neutron Time of Flight facility takes off smoothly at CERN
There was a new arrival among CERN's family of particle beams when the laboratory's first intense beam of neutrons was produced at the new neutron Time Of Flight facility.
Read article 'Neutrinos get their grand OPERA'
Neutrinos get their grand OPERA
The 2000 tonne OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion Tracking Apparatus) experiment has been approved for construction and operation in the CERN Neutrino Beam to Gran Sasso project.
Read article 'Three new experiments set to arrive at SLAC’s End Station A'
Three new experiments set to arrive at SLAC’s End Station A
End Station A, the venerable fixed-target facility at the end of the two mile electron linear accelerator beam at SLAC, Stanford, where quarks were discovered in 1967, will soon see a high-energy be...
Read article 'Can gas detectors still compete with silicon?'
Can gas detectors still compete with silicon?
The big topic of debate at the 9th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation held in February was whether gaseous detectors can still compete with semiconductor technology.
