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Physics graduate student meets French President
Imre
Pal, a doctoral student in Physics, is part of a group led by Prof. Laszlo
Gutay that is involved in the US-CMS project which has built Cathode Strip
Muon Chambers for the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment in CERN,
Switzerland.
CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the world's largest particle physics centre. Here physicists come to explore what matter is made of and what forces hold it together. Founded in 1954, the laboratory was one of Europe's first joint ventures and includes now 20 Member States.
Imre’s group was responsible for quality testing of
the chambers. When completed, the chambers are shipped to different institutes
in the U.S. to equip them with read-out electronics. Then they are shipped
to CERN, where each of them is tested thoroughly before installation.
Further testing is done once the chambers are installed. The chambers
built by Imre’s group are the first detectors in the CMS system
that are already capable of detecting real cosmic rays in real environment.
CERN celebrated its 50th anniversary in October and invited
the presidents of France and Switzerland, as well as the king of Spain
to attend the ceremony and tour the facilities.
French President Jacques Chirac visited with the CMS experiment, where
Imre and his group demonstrated their data acquisition testing station.
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