Category: Article
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Objectives towards LS3 for the Cabling team
Objectives towards LS3 for the Cabling team 22 DECEMBER, 2022 | By Maria and Gianluca Canale After an intense and successful LS2 and important lessons learnt from each individual worksite, the BE-EA Cabling Team has set new objectives for LS3. ATLAS & CMS Phase III will see a cabling-related upgrade of one order of magnitude
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News from the CERN Cabling team
News from the CERN Cabling team 22 DECEMBER, 2022 | By Mohamed Yougil and the Cabling Team La mise à niveau constante du réseau électrique du CERN, les grands projets futurs et le besoin général d’extensions en raison des demandes croissantes d’électricité des utilisateurs, ainsi que la modification et le remplacement d’équipements obsolètes dans les
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VXSS Vacuum Chamber Replacement and Preparatory Works
VXSS Vacuum Chamber Replacement and Preparatory Works 22 DECEMBER, 2022 | By unknown Between Bend 1 and the XTAX of the M2 beam line is the around 10m long eponymous VXSS vacuum chamber. Due to the extra beam passage through air caused by the absence of vacuum in this element, electron and hadron beam performance
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Challenges of Scanning and XTAX Tables
Challenges of Scanning and XTAX Tables 22 DECEMBER, 2022 | By unknown Scanning Tables The scanning tables formerly known as DESY tables are widely used by external users in various experiments in the North Area. As the old tables (Figure 1) lack the required rigidity, positional accuracy and CE conformity norms, our team embarked on
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New Tools for Users Management in Experimental Area (ASM-EA
New Tools for Users Management in Experimental Area (ASM-EA 21 DECEMBER, 2022 | By unknown During the operation of the experimental areas, new users are starting to take data every Wednesday. Each experiment has different constraints and requirements for the beam(s) they desire, as well as needs for different services (movable table(s), vacuum, gas, HV,
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Magnetic Collimators
Magnetic Collimators 20 DECEMBER, 2022 | By Dipanwita Banerjee and Naini Mandal Is it a magnet, is it a collimator… well, it’s sort of both. Serving the M2 and K12 lines, there are 10 magnetic collimators installed in the North Area beamlines, and we didn’t really know them in detail… so we tried to figure
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RF separated beams
RF separated beams 19 DECEMBER, 2022 | By Fabian Metzger The M2 beam served the COMPASS experiment since beginning of data taking in 2002. It can run in three different modes, namely it is able to deliver muon, hadron and electron beams to EHN2. Now, that COMPASS data taking has finished and AMBER is taking
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The CERN Cabling team
The CERN Cabling team 18 DECEMBER, 2022 | By the CERN Cabling team The Cabling Team is dedicated to providing high-quality services to all CERN users, including the production of cables, electrical cabinets, and other equipment, as well as the installation and upkeep of interconnectivity systems in various CERN locations. A modified version of the
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Total Gas Management Highlights 2022
Total Gas Management Highlights 2022 17 DECEMBER, 2022 | By David Jaillet et Anastazja Sedzicka for the gas team NA-CONS 909 La coordination et la coopération de plusieurs groupes (BE/EA, BE/EA, EN-CV, EN/EL, EN/AA, SCE/SAM, HSE, BE/ICS, EN-MME) ont permis de rénover le bâtiment 909 dans un temps très court tout en continuant d’alimenter les
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New Design XCET Detector
New Design XCET Detector 16 DECEMBER, 2022 | By Jan Buesa and Giulia Romagnoli The Threshold Cherenkov Detectors (XCET) are used in the experimental areas at CERN since more than 50 years ago to identify and count the number of selected particles in the beam. It is based on the detection of Cherenkov radiation emitted