Read article 'LHCb’s Brazilian CARIOCA'
LHCb’s Brazilian CARIOCA
The demands that CERN's forthcoming Large Hadron Collider place on detectors have led the LHCb collaboration to look to Latin flair for a solution.
Read article 'LHCb’s Brazilian CARIOCA'
Read article 'ICARUS prepares to fly'
ICARUS prepares to fly
Taking shape in the Italian Gran Sasso underground laboratory is a large module for the Imaging Cosmic And Rare Underground Signals detector.
Read article 'Boost for Andean cosmic ray laboratory'
Boost for Andean cosmic ray laboratory
New support for the Chacaltaya Cosmic Ray Research Laboratory, on Mount Chacaltaya near La Paz, Bolivia, underlines its relevance for cosmic ray research.
Read article 'ALICE through the phase transition'
ALICE through the phase transition
While proton-proton collisions will be the principal diet of CERN's LHC machine, heavy-ion collisions will also be on the menu. The ALICE experiment will be ready and waiting.
Read article 'Enter the quasiparticle trapping transistor'
Enter the quasiparticle trapping transistor
A new device that can operate in close proximity to highly sensitive superconducting sensors could open up new detector possibilities.
Read article 'ATLAS presents a quality challenge'
ATLAS presents a quality challenge
Covering a volume of 17 000 metres cubic, the muon system of the ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider will be one of the largest particle detector systems ever built.
Read article 'The Physics of Particle Detection'
The Physics of Particle Detection
Claus Grupen reviews in 2000 The Physics of Particle Detection.
Read article 'Meeting the ALICE data challenge'
Meeting the ALICE data challenge
Imagine trying to record a symphony in a second. That is effectively what CERN's ALICE collaboration will have to do when the laboratory's forthcoming Large Hadron Collider (LHC) starts up in 2005.
Read article 'Between neutrinos and the deep blue sea'
Between neutrinos and the deep blue sea
For many years, physicists searching for and studying delicate physics effects have been working in the shelter of large underground installations. Now the ocean too is the scene of new physics dev...
Read article 'Brookhaven detector goes to Fermilab'
Brookhaven detector goes to Fermilab
Both D0 and the Tevatron are currently undergoing major upgrades prior to the next run, which is set for March 2001.
