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September 2022 - November 2022
The mandate of the Detector Technologies (DT) group in the Experimental Physics department covers development, construction, operation and maintenance of particle detectors for CERN experiments. Last year showed great progress on several projects…
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September 2022 - November 2022
A dedicated workshop on Medical Applications of Spectroscopic X-ray Detectors took place at CERN from 29th August - 1st September. It brought together more than 100 participants from a variety on institutions including prestigious medical…
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September 2022 - November 2022
The Macro-Pixel ASIC (MPA) and Short-Strip ASIC (SSA) are the new read-out chips used to process particle hit signals of pixel and strip sensors in the upcoming CMS Outer Tracker of the High-Luminosity LHC Upgrade (HL-LHC). The two chips are…
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September 2022 - November 2022
The HL-LHC is foreseen to generate roughly thirty times more data than the LHC has produced so far. Given the available future budget estimations and expected technological evolution [1], software will play a crucial role to cover the performance…
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September 2022 - November 2022
AMS, passed the milestone of its first 10 years of continuous operation on the International Space Station. AMS is a particle physics detector designed to measure antiparticles, particles, and nuclei of rigidity (momentum/charge) ranging from the GV…
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June 2022 - September 2022
When atoms are immersed into liquids, their atomic spectral lines at visible wavelengths become greatly broadened compared to those of single, isolated atoms. A million-fold increase in the linewidth is often observed, which obscures spectroscopic…
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June 2022 - September 2022
The new Inner Tracking System (ITS) of the ALICE detector was installed inside the Time Projection Chamber (TPC) in spring 2021. The new ITS consists of 7 layers of monolithic pixel sensors, named ALPIDE, tiled up on linear staves of different…
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June 2022 - September 2022
Following the installation of the new spallation target during LS2 and the successful commissioning during the 2021 run [1,2], the n_TOF Collaboration started in March, this year, an intense experimental programme for all three experimental areas of…
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