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Transient—Cloud Chamber, a detector installation turning cosmic muons into trails of light and sound

Transient—Cloud Chamber is a project that offers a mesmerising interaction with cosmic particles, turning cosmic muons into real-time trails of light and sound, revealing the ephemeral beauty of the cosmos.
Transient—Cloud Chamber, a detector installation turning cosmic muons into trails of light and sound Transient—Cloud Chamber is a project that offers a mesmerising interaction with cosmic particles, turning cosmic muons into real-time trails of light and sound, revealing the ephemeral beauty of the cosmos.

A hackathon to reconstruct the trajectories of particles in the CMS experiment

The 15th Patatrack Hackathon took place at IdeaSquare to focus on reconstruction algorithms for the CMS experiment.
Cutaway diagrams of CMS detector The 15th Patatrack Hackathon took place at IdeaSquare to focus on reconstruction algorithms for the CMS experiment.

Prototype profile: 3D-printed polystyrene-based plastic scintillator

3D-printed polystyrene based plastic scintillator

The "3D printed Detector" (3DET) collaboration is investigating and developing additive manufacturing as a new production technique for the future scintillator particle detectors with performances comparable to the state of the art.



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