Category: Article
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Hostlab and related projects
Hostlab and related projects 9 DECEMBER,2020 | By Markus Brugger Our Hostlab initiative was triggered about five years ago when it became clear that all four LHC experiments would require significant additional support to reach their LS2 and LS3 upgrades, thus eventually allowing for their Run3/Run4+ physics targets. The overall context is that while collaborations
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XCETs and CEDARs
XCETs and CEDARs 8 DECEMBER,2020 | By Markus Brugger Particle identification is vital for many users and experiments and is under our responsibility for what concerns the Cherenkov effect-based detectors XCET and CEDAR (XCED). The operation principle of these devices is based on the detection of Cherenkov radiation emitted by a relativistic charged particle traversing
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Software Migration Project
Software Migration Project 7 DECEMBER,2020 | By Markus Brugger The operation of our beamlines, related layout, and optimization work and in particular the physics design studies of new experiments or related upgrades, are at the heart of our responsibilities of the East and North Area. In total we refer to more than 8 km of
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HL-LHC: WP8/WP12 LS3 in full swing
HL-LHC: WP8/WP12 LS3 in full swing 6 DECEMBER,2020 | By Markus Brugger LS2 forms an essential preparation phase for the HL-LHC project. Related important injector upgrades (LIU) were finalized over the past years and during recent months re-commissioning has already started in several machines. The end of LS2 and the start of 2021 operation for
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North Area – Ready for Consolidation
North Area – Ready for Consolidation 5 DECEMBER,2020 | By Markus Brugger Following yesterdays’ EAR project, what could be a better transition than the North Area Consolidation (NA-CONS)? Over the past years several respective high priority consolidation activities (focusing on safety and critical services) were already successfully launched and implemented in the North FT Areas
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East Area: Re-Construction started
East Area: Re-Construction started 4 DECEMBER,2020 | By Markus Brugger The East Area Renovation (EAR) endeavour, a major project entrusted to us over the past years and has now started its peak reconstruction phase. 2020 brought us from dismantling to construction and it was an incredible experience seeing the East Area in a light we
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Total gas management
Total gas management 3 DECEMBER,2020 | By Markus Brugger Today it is time having a first example of one key technical service our group provides not only for our direct group activities, but across CERN: the supply, distribution, and M&O for all primary gas distribution networks, including related design, construction, and consolidation activities. 2020 was
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FASER
FASER 2 DECEMBER,2020 | By Markus Brugger Let us meet FASER, a very special LHC forward detector experiment constructed and implemented in record time, also thanks to the help, support, and commitment of many of you. It will probe for new physics once LHC will restart operation and opened a new page as one of
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AD/ELENA ready for post LS2
AD/ELENA ready for post LS2 1 DECEMBER,2020 | By Markus Brugger Our group name being ‘Experimental Areas’, clearly we should start with one of those, thus alphabetically let us go with AD/ELENA first. Please find below several pictures collected by Francois, nicely illustrating the important changes carried out in AD/ELENA during this important year of
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Two stories
Two stories 23 DECEMBER,2021 | By François Butin, Anastazja S and the gas team THE GAS CONTROL SYSTEM – MAKING IT ALIVE In EA-AS we also create, design and implement the control systems for gas installations of North and East Area, first one in building 908 is already in service since beginning of this year-