Category: Article
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The antimatter transport challenge
The antimatter transport challenge 15 DECEMBER, 2022 | By François Butin and Clara Klink This is surely the most expensive substance in the world, and potentially the most dangerous: the production cost of 1 gram of antimatter is impossible to estimate as with our current production means, it would take… 45 billion years! And this
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CELESTA – A Space Dream Coming True
CELESTA – A Space Dream Coming True 14 DECEMBER, 2022 | By Markus Brugger Contributing to a satellite with CERN technology started as an idea in 2015 during the RADECS conference, a discussion on the way to the conference dinner, some first ideas developed around the table and agreement found, giving birth to CELESTA as
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Configuration Management and operational aspects
Configuration Management and operational aspects 13 DECEMBER, 2022 | By Giulia Romagnoli
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Technical Galleries Consolidation
Technical Galleries Consolidation 12 DECEMBER, 2022 | By Sebastien Evrard The Technical Galleries Consolidation Program focuses on the remedy of existing issues and on the refurbishment of the galleries’ conditions and their related infrastructure as reasonable as possible. Drinking and firefighting water, as well as com-pressed air lines, are among the main priorities due to
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North Experimental Area Cable Cleaning Campaign
North Experimental Area Cable Cleaning Campaign 11 DECEMBER, 2022 | By the NA-CONS team As part of the NA-Consolidation Project led by the BE-EA Group, a 5 week-long campaign took place at the end of this year’s shutdown to remove a huge number of obsolete cables from the Experimental Hall North 1 (EHN1) located at
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PBC Studies/Experiments becoming reality during the 2021 operation
PBC Studies/Experiments becoming reality during the 2021 operation 12 DECEMBER, 2021 | By Lau Gatignon and the PBC team The Physics Beyond Colliders (PBC) study brought in 2021 not only new ideas, but also the first real implementations and data taking. For many existing experiments the proposed new ideas come along with requests for ever
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The CO2 Cooling Project for ATLAS & CMS
The CO2 Cooling Project for ATLAS & CMS 11 DECEMBER, 2021 | By unknown The phase-II upgrades of ATLAS and CMS pose unprecedented challenges on detector cooling. Operation at lower temperatures (down to -40oC) is required to cope with higher radiation levels at the inside of the detector during the upcoming HL-LHC area. In addition,
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Vacuum in NA Experimental Areas & Beamlines
Vacuum in NA Experimental Areas & Beamlines 10 DECEMBER, 2022 | By Philippe Boisseaux-Bourgeois Le vide est d’une importance cruciale pour permettre l’exploitation des faisceaux pour la physique. Sur les 7 km de lignes, le vide est interconnecté avec un grand nombre d’autres éléments comme les collimateurs et encore les aimants. Durant les arrêts hebdomadaire,
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HiRadMat 2022
HiRadMat 2022 9 DECEMBER, 2022 | By Pascal Simon
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The NA-CONS integration
The NA-CONS integration 8 DECEMBER, 2022 | By Michael Lazzaroni Within the NA-CONS project, the integration work package (WP) is under the BE-EA responsibility. This work package provides complete integration studies including all related 3D and 2D layout/assemblies. The areas concerned are all the facilities in the North Area starting from TCC2, including all the