CMS

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is a general-purpose detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It is designed to investigate a wide range of physics, including the search for the Higgs boson, extra dimensions, and particles that could make up dark matter. Although it has the same scientific goals as the ATLAS experiment, it uses different technical solutions and a different magnet-system design.

179 results

Long-sought decay of Higgs boson observed

Six years after its discovery, the Higgs boson has at last been observed decaying to fundamental particles known as bottom quarks.

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Physics
28 August, 2018
Physics
Press release
28 August, 2018

Hunting for dark quarks

A search for dark quarks conducted by the CMS collaboration inches closer to the parent particles from which they may originate

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Physics
31 August, 2018
Physics
News
31 August, 2018

CMS images gallery

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Bringing CMS to South Korea

Virtual visits give CMS collaborators in Seoul chance to introduce students to particle physics

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Experiments
21 June, 2016
Experiments
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21 June, 2016

CMS publishes 700th research paper

A look back at the milestone papers CMS has published since its beginning

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Experiments
07 May, 2018
Experiments
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07 May, 2018

Where were you? Your Higgs stories revealed

On the 5th anniversary of the Higgs discovery announcement, we asked you where you were when you heard this result

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At CERN
07 May, 2018

Silicon sandwiches feed LHC’s upgraded collision appetite

CMS high-luminosity LHC upgrade requires new silicon sensors, to better distinguish between particles from multiple collisions

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Experiments
07 May, 2018

Long-lived physics

The CMS collaboration closes in on exotic long-lived particles that could get trapped in its detector layers

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Experiments
18 January, 2018
Experiments
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18 January, 2018