Read article 'ATLAS solenoid coiling is complete'
ATLAS solenoid coiling is complete
The coil winding for the central solenoid magnet of the forthcoming ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider has been completed.
Read article 'ATLAS solenoid coiling is complete'
Read article 'Avalanche photodiodes come of age'
Avalanche photodiodes come of age
In the search for optimal performance under difficult conditions, experiments for CERN's LHC are exploiting new technologies.
Read article 'SAMBA talks detector applications'
SAMBA talks detector applications
High-energy physicists are proud that their instrumentation, which was developed for their research, has widespread applications in other fields.
Read article 'ACCESS intercepts cosmic rays'
ACCESS intercepts cosmic rays
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is coordinating a study, by an international collaboration, of a high-energy cosmic-ray instrument for the International Space Station.
Read article 'Neutron facility to open at CERN'
Neutron facility to open at CERN
A new facility is set to join the CERN experimental programme from April 2000.
Read article 'Assembly of CMS magnet begins'
Assembly of CMS magnet begins
The world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet for the CMS experiment at CERN's LHC collider recently took an important step towards completion when the first ring of its barrel yoke was ass...
Read article 'WASA meson detector inaugurated'
WASA meson detector inaugurated
During the recent PANIC99 particle/nuclear physics conference, CELSIUS/WASA, a new detector facility for the CELSIUS cooler storage ring, was inaugurated.
Read article 'Looking at cosmic rays with accelerator detectors'
Looking at cosmic rays with accelerator detectors
Large detectors constructed at accelerator labs can also be used in parallel for cosmic-ray studies. Effects measured in distant detectors could be correlated to provide a broader view of particles fr...
Read article 'ALEPH experiments go cosmic'
ALEPH experiments go cosmic
After analysing cosmic muon events, five were found with the highest muon density ever seen.Designed to study man-made electronpositron collisions in CERN's LEP ring, the ALEPH detector is also idea...
Read article 'L3+C = new tool set to study cosmic-ray muons'
L3+C = new tool set to study cosmic-ray muons
Also under way at CERN is the L3 experiment at LEP, which has installed a 200 sq. m screen of scintillator to intercept comic rays arriving from the atmosphere.
