The CERN-CMS group was responsible for civil engineering works – here, the excavation of the CMS experimental cavern.
Christmas festivities to celebrate the DAQ TDR publication, December 2003. From right to left: M. Della Negra (CMS Spokesperson), S. Citollin (CMS DAQ project leader) and M.-C. Pelloux (head of CMS secretariat) in top-left corner
The CERN-CMS Barrel Design team: J. Andre, M.-H. Bovard, G. Duthion, J.-P. Girod, J.-P. Grillet, P. Petiot, L. Veillet, T. de Visser, G. Waurick, H. Gerwig, A. Herve, November 2000
The CERN-CMS ECAL team with the last built Supermodule in 2007. I. Taraov, A. Machard, P. Bloch, E. Auffray, T. Camporesi, H. Cornet, P. Lecoq, N. Frank, M. Lebeau, A. Conde, O. Teller, G. Chevenier, R. Kerkach, D. Deyrail
One of the responsibilities of the CERN group was to lower layers of the CMS detector, built on the surface, into the experiment's cavern, 100 metres underground. This photo shows lowering of the CMS central piece containing the magnet on 28 February 2007.
J.-F. Fuchs and J.-D. Maillefaud ready for alignment measurements on the Hadron Calorimeters (HCAL) structure installed inside the CMS superconducting solenoid
Some members of the CERN team, together with colleagues from Taiwan, India, Brazil and Colombia, responsible for the design, construction and operation of the CMS Preshower (ES). One of eight half-discs is visible in the picture.
CERN team played a central role in the construction of the Tracker. The photo shows insertion of the Tracker in the heart of the CMS detector in 2007.
CERN was active since the very early days in designing the CMS detector and was a founding member of the CMS Collaboration. The CERN-CMS group has provided leadership at many levels: Spokesperson, Technical and Resources Coordination, project management. The team has played a central role in the construction of the Tracker, the ECAL, the DAQ and the Magnet, as well as in physics analyses. The group has around 120 people, including students and Fellows.
The CERN group plays a double role inside CMS: as a participating Institute (like all others) and representing CERN as Host Laboratory. The latter implies heavy involvement in the operational support of the Collaboration at all levels.
Currently the team is focused on the upgrade activities, mainly for the Tracker, the new Endcap Calorimeter HGCAL and the DAQ. As Host Laboratory, CERN is focusing on the upgrade of all the detector infrastructure common items.
Furthermore, CERN is obviously very active in many of the physics areas with particular emphasis on search for new physics.
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