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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Large Hadron Collider experiment
ⓘ
general-purpose detector ⓘ particle physics detector ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
CMS experiment
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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
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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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