A Day at CERN

What lies within CERN's entrails? What is the path followed by the particles that are accelerated before they collide? What does the ATLAS detector look like? Does research at CERN find applications in everyday life?From the accelerator control room to the huge Computing Centre, via the auditorium where the discovery of the Higgs boson was announced in July 2012, I invite you to experience for one day an immersion in the world of research in particle physics! Discovering emblematic installations at CERN, walking through the places where people spend every working day, meeting with researchers in various fields, descending into the ATLAS cavern ... Our visit, whose path will mimic that of the particles during their journey, will be full of anecdotes and surprises.Follow me for a guided tour of CERN, the largest scientific collaboration in the world!Contents: Foreword by Frédérick BordryA Welcome at CERN's EntranceInterview with Bernard Pellequer: Presentation of CERNThe Exhibition 'Universe of Particles'A Brief History of CERNInterview with Arnaud Marsollier: CERN FundingEntering CERNLINAC 2 and LEIRThe Antimatter FactoryThe Cryomagnets Test FacilityInterview with Elias Métral: Beam InstabilitiesInterview with Django Manglunki: CERN Control CentreA Brief Overview of the Research Conducted by ATLASArrival at Building 40Description of the ATLAS DetectorBuilding 40Interview with Isabelle Wingerter: ATLAS FranceThe ATLAS Weekly MeetingThe Trigger SystemInterview with Laurent Serin: Test Beam in PrévessinThe AMS, Alpha Magnetic SpectrometerThe Self-Service MealStandard Model and Higgs BosonThe AuditoriumThe Panoramic Terrace of Building 500Visit of Buildings 1, 4, 5, 52 and 53CERN Clubs and Cordiality of CoffeeA Brief History of the Search for the Higgs BosonInterview with Mélissa Gaillard: The Worldwide LHC Computing GridThe Computing CentreInterview with David Rousseau: Machine Learning and Particle PhysicsInterview with Alvaro Lopez Solis: Shifts on the ATLAS DetectorThe ATLAS Control RoomThe ATLAS DetectorProspects for the FutureAcknowledgements
Readership: The book is aimed at both informed scientists and the general public, and especially those who know CERN only by name and who are curious to know more about the research being conducted there. CERN;CERN Visit;Particle Physics;Higgs Boson;ATLAS;ATLAS Detector;LHC;Large Hadron Collider;Collider;Particle Accelerator;Standard Model;Collision;Antimatter;Web;Internet;World Computing Grid;Computing Center;Machine Learning;Deep Learning;Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer;Universe;Nuclear Research;Big Bang;Boson;Photon;Quark;Lepton;Elementary Particles;Forces;Beam;Peter Higgs;CMS;CMS Detector;ALICE;ALICE Detector;LHCb;LHCb Detector;Test Beam;Magnet;Geneva;Control Room0Key Features:A unique presentation of CERN in the form of a guided tourForeword by Frédérick Bordry, Director for Accelerators and Technology at CERNInterviews with important CERN personnel on various aspects of the organization