Oct 08, 2024
The New Small Wheels (NSW) are the most important project of the ATLAS Phase-1 upgrade towards the High-Luminosity LHC. IRFU has been heavily involved in the design, construction, integration, commissioning and operations of the NSW. The NSW combine two complementary gas detector technologies: sTGC (small-strip Thin Gap Chambers), and Micromegas (Micro-Mesh Gaseous Structure). The latter was pioneered at CEA-Saclay in collaboration with CERN in the 1990’s.
Jun 18, 2018
A new project is opening today, Friday, June 15, 2018, at the LHC, the large Hadron Collider. Initiated in 2011, this project aims to bring into service by 2026 a high-luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) that will increase the number of proton-proton collisions and collect more data. France contributes significantly to this project (up to € 180 million, including payroll).

 

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