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With the results from LHC Run 1 as a backdrop, more than 100 physicists from 15 countries, including theorists, gathered on June 10 for a 2.5 day workshop hosted by the Zurich University to discuss alternative approaches to the remaining fundamental…

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The mirror system is an important part of the NA62 RICH detector* covering the full acceptance range of 7m2 surface. It is composed of 18 hexagonal (Ø≈70cm, thickness 2.5cm) and 2 semi-hexagonal mirrors which are sustained by a lightweight support…

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The PH/DT group has published its Annual Report where key activities throughout 2013 are described as well as a wider description of how the group is organized and interacts with the experimental community. The PH Detector Technology (DT) group is…

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A two-day workshop was held at CERN on April 3rd and 4th to discuss a new initiative for establishing a collaboration that would foster the further development of scientific software packages for use in HEP experimental programmes world-wide. The…

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The design of the NA62 straw tracker is driven by the requirement of low multiple scattering and high efficiency over the full acceptance. An ultra-light straw tracker operated in vacuum was chosen for this purpose. Extensive R&D was performed…

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There was a time when CERN was the Mecca of deep inelastic lepton-hadron scattering (DIS). Roughly 30-40 years ago, various muon and neutrino scattering experiments were pursued to develop the Quark-Parton Model of hadronic matter establishing…

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As discussed during the FCC kick-off meeting, there is more than one variety of FCC under study. Besides the long-term goal of a 100 TeV proton-proton collider, the study includes, as a first step, a 90-400 GeV high-luminosity e+e- machine, FCC…