Unusually for the holiday season, the car parks are full, finding a table at lunch is a formidable challenge, and people can (more than ever) be found in their offices late into the night. All the evidence points to one thing… the most ambitious particle collider in the world is just a few weeks away […]
The Open Day at CERN – My first encounter with particle physics
Katrin Voss really need the pain au chocolat géant for breakfast at the CERN cafeteria for getting started with her first visit to CERN on 6 April. Germany’s new CERN/LHC Communicator describes her first impressions of tunnels, detectors and campus life at CERN’s recent Open Day as
Katrin Voss really need the pain au chocolat géant for breakfast at the CERN cafeteria for getting started with her first visit to CERN on 6 April. Germany’s new CERN/LHC Communicator describes her first impressions of tunnels, detectors and campus life at CERN’s recent Open Day as “a demanding yet rewarding experience”. Katrin Voss’s first […]
Lesson-Learning from CMS
Alain Hervé already has the experience of building two enormous detectors under his belt, and it looks like he is going to help in a third one. Technical coordinator at CERN of both L3 at LEP and CMS at the LHC, the Breton has now been called as an expert to help in the interaction […]