Some members of the CIEMAT-CMS group in Madrid (2005)
Members of the CIEMAT-CMS group during the assembly of DT MB2 chambers in Madrid (2002)
Members of the CMS DT and RPC groups celebrating the completion of the barrel muon detector installation in the UXC (October 2007)
Members of the CMS DT group discussing the preparations of a test under a muon beam in the SPS North Area at CERN (2004)
Installation of the last DT+RPC packages in the UXC (2007)
The CMS DT Certification team at the ISR area celebrating the certification of the last chamber before its final installation (2006)
First installed DT+RPC package in CMS (July 2004)
Members of the CIEMAT electronics group
The CIEMAT High-Energy Physics group joined CMS in the early stages of the collaboration, and has remained involved in several sub-projects ever since. Initially the group participated in the design proposal of a very forward calorimeter, and later on joined the muon project, taking a major role in the design and assembly of one of the main components of the central muon detector, the Drift Tubes and their readout electronics, as well as the alignment system of these chambers with respect to the inner tracker. Almost 30% of the Drift Tubes from the muon spectrometer were assembled in Madrid. The group’s leading participation in the setup, commissioning and operation of the DT detector spans more than 20 years, with major contribution to the muon group, general run coordination and the detector performance groups (DPG).
The CIEMAT CMS group plays a major role in LHC physics analysis, with strong contributions to the study of electroweak interactions, the top quark, the Higgs boson and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. The group is also involved in the development of simulation and reconstruction software, and production of Monte Carlo events. CIEMAT also co-funds and manages the Spanish Tier-1 (PIC), and hosts on site one of the CMS Tier-2s in Spain.
The group is currently engaged in the study and design of additional components for the DT detector that will be needed in the future for the operation of CMS under a higher luminosity regime. In particular the local electronics for readout and trigger will be redesigned and assembled. The CIEMAT group has a leading role in this upgrade operation. The CIEMAT Particle Physics Unit was recently awarded the accreditation as “Unit of Excellence” by the Spanish State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation. Their contributions to CMS were fundamental assets for this achievement.
About Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
From: Spain
CMS member since: 1992
Website: http://cfp.ciemat.es/