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An exceptional year for the EP-DT proton irradiation facility IRRAD

The CERN proton irradiation facility (IRRAD) at the PS East Area has been designed and built during LS1 to cope with the increasing need for irradiation experiments of the EP experimental community, working for the High-Luminosity upgrade of the LHC…

Scintillation light at the end of the tunnel

The LHC Long Shutdown 2 (LS2) is approaching in giant steps and with it the date for the installation of the LHCb upgrade detectors. A large SciFi tracker will replace the current downstream trackers SciFi stands for scintillating fibre and…

Upgrade of the Magnet Safety System for Experimental Magnets

The Magnet Safety System (MSS) is a critical system that ensures the safety of experimental magnets, both warm and superconducting. It was developed within EP-DT for the LHC experiments, starting at the end of the 90’s, in the framework of the…

RD50: 30th Workshop on radiation hard semiconductor devices for high luminosity colliders

The RD50 collaboration “Radiation hard semiconductor devices for high luminosity colliders” is working on the development of radiation-tolerant silicon sensors for the detectors of the HL-LHC (High Luminosity-LHC) experiments and started to…

An amazing year for the DT group

The DT group, provides centralized resources and expertise in terms of personnel and facilities, for the development of future detector technologies, R&D and contributes to detector construction projects. Thank to the vast range of…

LHC experiments go greener: Strategies for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the detector systems

At the LHC experiments a wide range of gas mixtures is used for the operation of different gaseous detectors. Some of these gases, such as C2H2F4, CF4 and SF6, are indicated as greenhouse gases (GHG) due to their high Global Warming Potential (GWP…

The Straw Detector in the NA62 Experiment

The NA62 experiment is the successor of a previous kaon decay experiment (NA48) operated in the same experimental area at the CERN SPS (see Fig.1). In December 2008, the CERN Research Board has authorized the collaboration to build new detectors,…

The run 2015 for the PH-DT Irradiation Facilities has begun!

The PH-DT irradiation facilities team operates the Proton Irradiation Facility (IRRAD) at the PS East Area and the Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF++) located at the SPS North Area. Moreover, the team provides support in planning irradiation…

A successful year for the PH-DT group

In 2014 DT has been engaged in an extensive programme, supporting and finalizing the consolidation and maintenance work for various experiments at CERN, as well as for the users community. This year was equally difficult and successful. LS1…

First beams for the new East Area Irradiation Facility

On Friday October 10th 2014 at 21:13, for the first time, the primary 24 GeV/c proton beam slow-extracted from the PS went trough the new East Area Irradiation Facility (EA-IRRAD) reaching the beam dump located downstream the T8 beam line. This…

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