What is this lesson about?
Welcome. In this lesson you will learn about the CMS detector and how it works.
Prerequisites
To follow this lesson you will need to know some particle physics and a bit about how particle physics detectors work.
What is this lesson about?
Welcome. In this lesson you will learn about the CMS detector and how it works.
Prerequisites
To follow this lesson you will need to know some particle physics and a bit about how particle physics detectors work.
| Setup | Download files required for the lesson | |
| 00:00 | 1. Introduction |
What is the CMS detector?
What are the design objectives of the CMS detector? What are the main detector components of the CMS detector? |
| 00:05 | 2. Tracker detector | What is the tracker and how does it work? |
| 00:10 | 3. Electromagnetic Calorimeter (ECAL) | What is the ECAL? |
| 00:15 | 4. Hadron Calorimeter (HCAL) | What is the HCAL? |
| 00:20 | 5. Superconducting magnet | What is the magnet in CMS and what does it do? |
| 00:25 | 6. Muon detectors | What are the muon detectors in CMS and how do they work? |
| 00:30 | Finish |
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