CMS

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CMS is a major general-purpose particle physics detector at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, designed to investigate fundamental particles and forces, including the Higgs boson.

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instanceOf Large Hadron Collider experiment
general-purpose detector
particle physics detector
abbreviationOf CMS experiment
surface form: Compact Muon Solenoid
collaboratesWith ALICE
ATLAS
LHCb
collaborationCountries over 40 countries
collaborationSize over 200 institutes
over 4000 scientists
component electromagnetic calorimeter
hadronic calorimeter
muon system
silicon pixel detector
silicon strip tracker
superconducting solenoid magnet
constructionStart late 1990s
coordinateSystem right-handed CMS coordinate system
country Switzerland
dataTakingStart 2009
dataType lead–lead collision data
proton–proton collision data
diameter about 15 meters
experimentHall Point 5 of the LHC ring
firstLHCRun Run 1 (2010–2012)
fullName CMS experiment
surface form: Compact Muon Solenoid
hostOrganization CERN
surface form: European Organization for Nuclear Research
keyAchievement observation of a Higgs boson in 2012
precision measurements of Standard Model processes
stringent limits on many beyond-Standard-Model theories
length about 21.6 meters
locatedAt CERN
Large Hadron Collider
locatedIn Meyrin, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
surface form: Meyrin, Switzerland
magneticFieldStrength 3.8 tesla
mass about 14,000 tonnes
primaryGoal investigate fundamental particles and forces
researchFocus Higgs boson
electroweak interactions
heavy ion collisions
quantum chromodynamics
searches for dark matter candidates
searches for extra dimensions
searches for supersymmetry
top quark physics
secondLHCRun Run 2 (2015–2018)
shape cylindrical
thirdLHCRun Run 3 (2022– )
triggerSystem two-level trigger system (L1 and HLT)
website https://cms.cern

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