Tag: Stage
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Selection of public events to (re-)watch at home
Selection of public events to (re-)watch at home Everyone is encouraged to stay at home. Why not take this opportunity to watch the video recordings of the many events that took place at the Globe previously? Taking part in the global effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, CERN has cancelled its programme of free
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Point 5
Point 5 Location: Cessy Point 5 of the LHC, in Cessy, is home to the CMS detector Point 5 of the LHC, in Cessy, is home to the CMS detector, which weighs in at 12 500 tonnes (twice the weight of the Eiffel Tower). CMS is a general-purpose experiment designed to shed light on many
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Point 6
Point 6 Location: Versonnex Versonnex, Point 6 of the LHC, is the end of the road for the particles. Versonnex, Point 6 of the LHC, is the end of the road for the particles. After circulating in the ring for 10 hours, the beams are absorbed by enormous blocks of graphite known as beam dumps.
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Point 7
Point 7 Location: Ornex – Collex-Bossy The LHC site in Ornex provides underground access to Point 7, located beneath Collex-Bossy. The LHC site in Ornex provides underground access to Point 7, located beneath Collex-Bossy. This site is home to one of the LHC’s eight cooling plants, which keep the temperature of the accelerator at -271°C.
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Point 8
Point 8 Location Ferney-Voltaire At Point 8 of the ring in Ferney-Voltaire is the LHCb experiment. At Point 8 of the ring in Ferney-Voltaire, hidden behind trees and alongside the airport runway, is LHCb, the beauty experiment. By studying particles called b or beauty quarks, it seeks to understand why our universe is made of
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Point 3
Point 3 Location: Crozet Point 3 of the LHC in Crozet is where the beam is monitored. Point 3 of the LHC in Crozet is where the beam is monitored. Any particles that stray from the ideal beam trajectory are absorbed by devices known as collimators – veritable beam-cleaning machines. Passport to the Big Bang
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Point 4
Point 4 Location: Échenevex At Point 4 of the LHC in Échenevex, special equipment accelerates the beams circulating in the machine. At Point 4 of the LHC in Échenevex, special equipment accelerates the beams circulating in the machine. Each time the particles pass through this point – which they do 11 000 times per second!
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Prévessin Site
Prévessin Site Location: Prévessin-Moëns – Saint-Genis-Pouilly CERN’s second-largest site, straddling the communes of Prévessin-Moëns and Saint-Genis-Pouilly CERN’s second-largest site, straddling the communes of Prévessin-Moëns and Saint-Genis-Pouilly, was constructed in the 1970s at the same time as the SPS accelerator – a 7-km ring that seemed huge at the time! This site is much less built
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Point 2
Point 2 Location: Sergy – Saint-Genis-Pouilly Point 2 of the LHC, in Sergy, hosts the ALICE experiment. Point 2 of the LHC, in Sergy, is ALICE’s wonderland. The ALICE experiment, whose site borders the commune of Saint-Genis-Pouilly, is studying a state of matter that existed in the very first moments of the universe, just after
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Meyrin Site – Point 1
Meyrin Site – Point 1 Location Meyrin – Satigny – Prévessin-Moëns – Saint-Genis-Pouilly Meyrin is the birthplace of CERN, the location of its main site since 1954. Meyrin is the birthplace of CERN, the location of its main site since 1954. The Meyrin site has expanded over the years, spilling over the border into France,
