Combining
two major ATLAS inner detector components. The semiconductor tracker is
inserted into the transition radiation tracker for the ATLAS experiment
at the LHC. These make up two of the three major components of the
inner detector. They will work together to measure the trajectories
produced in the proton-proton collisions at the centre of the detector
when the LHC is switched on. Photo taken on February 22nd, 2006.
(Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Views
of two step of an ultrasound and induction welding to interconnection
between two LHC magnet at sector 3-4 during repair operation on March
26th, 2009. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Visible
damage to the LHC magnets in sector 3-4 of the LHC on November 12th,
2008. On September 19th, 2008, as the LHC was being switched on, a
faulty electrical connection between two of the accelerator's magnets
caused a large helium leak, which violently vented 6 tons of helium
into the tunnel. The resulting temperature rise damaged some 53
magnets. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Detail of some of the damage done to the LHC magnets in sector 3-4 on September 19th, 2008. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Moving and placement of a quadrupole at sector 3-4 in the LHC tunnel on April 30th, 2009. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
A replacement magnet for LHC sector 3-4 being lowered in the tunnel on January 19th, 2009. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Moving and placement of a quadrupole at sector 3-4 in the LHC tunnel on April 30th, 2009. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Transporting a quadrupole through sector 3-4 in the LHC tunnel on April 30th, 2009. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Installation of a new dipole in the LHC tunnel at sector 3-4 on April 6th, 2009. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Detail
of one of the LHC's 18-kW 4.5-K refrigerator units, part of the larger
cryogenic system used to maintain superfluid helium temperatures of
about 1.9k (-271.25° Celsius or -456.25° Fahrenheit). Photograph taken
on April 28th, 2008. (Mona Schweizer, © CERN)
The
silicon strip tracker of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) nears
completion. Shown here are three concentric cylinders, each comprised
of many silicon strip detetectors (the bronze-coloured rectangular
devices, similar to the CCDs used in digital cameras). These surround
the region where the protons collide. (© CERN)
An
automated magnetic tape vault at CERN computer center, seen on
September 15th, 2008. The tapes are used to store the complete LHC data
set, from which a fraction of the data is copied to overlying disk
caches for fast and widespread access. The handling of the magnetic
tape cartridges is now fully automated, as they are racked in vaults
where they are moved between the storage shelves and the tape drives by
robotic arms.(Claudia Marcelloni; Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Final work is done on the detectors inside the L3 magnet of the ALICE experiment on July 10th, 2008. (Mona Schweizer, © CERN)
View of the CMS Detector before closure on August 17th, 2008. (Maximilien Brice; Michael Hoch; Joseph Gobin, © CERN)
Portrait of Lyn Evans, LHC project Leader, on December 3rd, 2008. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Shielding of the L3 magnet, ALICE experiment on July 10th, 2008 (Mona Schweizer, © CERN)
Final
preparations on a replacement magnet ready to be lowered into sector
3-4 on November 27th, 2008. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
A
tunnel with part of one of the beam dumps of the LHC at point 6. Beam
dumps are absorption mechanisms where the powerful beams can be
extracted completely from the LHC, consisting of a 7m segmented carbon
cylinder, 700mm in diameter, contained in a water-cooled steel
cylinder, surrounded by about 750 tons of concrete and iron shielding.
The sign at top warns of the presence of helium, argon and/or nitrogen
in nearby pipes - gases that (if they leaked out) could displace oxygen
and cause unconsciousness. (Maximilien Brice; Claudia Marcelloni, ©
CERN)
Insertion
of a Time Of Flight (TOF) module in the upper part of the spaceframe
for the ALICE experiment. Charged particles in the intermediate
momentum range are identified in ALICE by the TOF detector. The time
measurement, in conjunction with the momentum and track length measured
by the tracking detectors is used to calculate the particle mass. (Mona
Schweizer, © CERN)
Detail of the LHCb Magnet, seen on September 5th, 2008. (Peter Ginter, © CERN)
A
collimater for the LHC. The powerful LHC collimation system protects
the accelerator against damage due to unavoidable regular and irregular
beam loss. (Claudia Marcelloni, © CERN)
View
of the LHC machine in the tunnel at the junction part with the beam
dump at point 6 on July 25th, 2008. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
View of the CMS Detector before closure, on August 17th, 2008. (Maximilien Brice; Michael Hoch; Joseph Gobin, © CERN)
Last views of the L3 magnet before its closure on June 28th, 2008. (Mona Schweizer, © CERN)
Closing of the 30-inch-thick, 430 ton L3 door on the I side, ALICE experiment, on June 11th, 2008. (Mona Schweizer, © CERN)
A
radiofrequency chamber of the LHC. Radiofrequency chambers give a kick
to the protons once per circuit to increase their speed.
Original here. (Wikimedia user
Rama /
CC BY-SA)
A
fireman examines emergency exit signage in the LHC tunnel on February
21st, 2008, during an exercise with French, Swiss and CERN firemen.
(Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Work
on the ATLAS semiconductor tracker barrel. Precision work is performed
on the semiconductor tracker barrel of the ATLAS experiment. The
semiconductor tracker will be mounted in the barrel close to the heart
of the ATLAS experiment to detect the path of particles produced in
proton-proton collisions. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
Integration
of the three shells into the ATLAS pixel barrel, the innermost tracking
device of the CMS experiment. (Claudia Marcelloni, © CERN)
Installing
the ATLAS calorimeter in November of 2005. The eight torodial magnets
can be seen on the huge ATLAS detector with the calorimeter before it
is moved into the middle of the detector. This calorimeter will measure
the energies of particles produced when protons collide in the centre
of the detector. (Maximilien Brice, © CERN)
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