Members of CMS from INFN Genova who signed the Letter of Intent in 1992 (front row, left to right: S. Farinon, P. Fabbricatore, R. Musenich), with the current staff team from University and INFN Genova (back row, left to right: S. Tosi, F. Ferro, E. Robutti), who joined the collaboration in more recent years. The electronics cards that are seen on a table are part of the front-end read-out system of the silicon Pixel Tracker of the CMS-TOTEM Precision Proton Spectrometer, whose first stations were installed in March 2017.
Cross-section of a practice CMS winding done in 1997–1998 under the INFN programme for the CMS magnet’s pre-industrialisation. A full diameter winding was constructed for demonstrating the feasibility of the coil construction. An aluminium-alloy conductor was used for simulating the reinforced CMS conductor.
Winding tests conducted at the Ansaldo plant in Genova
Winding tests conducted at the Ansaldo plant in Genova
University and INFN Genova is one of the founding member institutes of CMS, having signed the Letter of Intent in 1992. The group has contributed to the design of the superconducting solenoidal magnet, and has subsequently followed the construction of the solenoid cold mass in Ansaldo Magneti (now ASG Superconductors) in Genova, and its commissioning at CERN. In 2012 the group expanded, starting new activities in tracking studies and in top-quark physics and, later, joining the CMS-TOTEM Precision Proton Spectrometer (CT-PPS) project. For CT-PPS, it has designed and produced the support mechanics and read-out electronics of the 3D Pixel Tracker, and contributed most of the related acquisition and reconstruction software. Physics analysis interest is focused on top-quark and forward physics. The group is involved in the Tracker upgrade project for HL-LHC.
About University and INFN Genova
From: Italy
CMS member since: 1992
Website: https://www.difi.unige.it/en