The midnight ride of the CMS tracking detector

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After inserting the tracker the team gathers around the detector. Credit: Image courtesy of J.F. Fuchs
After inserting the tracker, the team gathers around the detector. Credit: Image courtesy of J.F. Fuchs

Scientists of the U.S. CMS collaboration today (Dec. 20) joined colleagues around the world in announcing the successful installation of the world's largest silicon tracking detector at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Just before midnight on Wednesday, Dec. 12, the six-ton CMS Silicon Strip Tracking Detector began a ten-mile, three-hour journey from the main CERN site to the CMS experimental facility.


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