CMS

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is a general-purpose detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It is designed to investigate a wide range of physics, including the search for the Higgs boson, extra dimensions, and particles that could make up dark matter. Although it has the same scientific goals as the ATLAS experiment, it uses different technical solutions and a different magnet-system design.

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CMS develops new AI algorithm to detect anomalies

During LHC Run 3, researchers at the experiment have deployed an innovative machine learning technique that will improve the data quality of one of the detector’s most crucial components

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Experiments
13 November, 2024
Experiments
News
13 November, 2024

Heavy-ion run at the LHC begins

For the next 17 days, every minute counts when it comes to taking lead–lead collision data

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Experiments
06 November, 2024
Experiments
News
06 November, 2024

CERN70: The discovery of the Higgs boson, a giant leap for science

Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General, was spokesperson of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider from 2009 to 2013 and responsible for announcing the discovery of the Higgs boson, alongside the CMS spokesperson

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Physics
31 October, 2024

CMS experiment at CERN weighs in on the W boson mass

The eagerly awaited result is the most precise measurement of the W mass made at the LHC so far, and is in line with the prediction from the Standard Model of particle physics

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Physics
17 September, 2024
Physics
Press release
17 September, 2024

LHC experiments at CERN observe quantum entanglement at the highest energy yet

The results open up a new perspective on the complex world of quantum physics

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Physics
18 September, 2024
Physics
Press release
18 September, 2024

Accelerator Report: No summer holidays for the accelerator complex

CERN’s accelerators show very good availability rates: beams are in place

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Accelerators
11 July, 2024

Going the extra mile to squeeze supersymmetry out of CMS data

Re-analysing LHC Run 2 data with cutting-edge analysis techniques allowed CMS physicists to address an old discrepancy

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Physics
27 June, 2024

Accelerator Report: Technical stops always hold a few surprises

Restarting the entire accelerator complex after a technical stop is rarely seamless and often comes with unexpected technical challenges

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Accelerators
27 June, 2024

Shaking the box for new physics

The CMS collaboration has searched for new physics in a rare decay of a known particle, using an approach that can be likened to shaking a box containing a birthday present to find a clue about what’s inside

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Physics
12 June, 2024
Physics
News
12 June, 2024

Probing matter–antimatter asymmetry with AI

Using a cutting-edge AI algorithm, the CMS collaboration has obtained the first evidence of CP violation in the decay of the strange beauty meson into a pair of muons and a pair of electrically charged kaons

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Physics
30 April, 2024

CMS releases Higgs boson discovery data to the public

The collaboration has also made publicly available the software that it developed to search for the unique particle

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Experiments
16 April, 2024

Blazing trails: CMS cavern evacuation paves the way for future safety design

How an evacuation of the CMS experimental cavern has provided invaluable human behaviour data to improve emergency preparedness for complex underground facilities

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At CERN
17 April, 2024