Prototype profile: Barrel Timing Layer
The BTL (Barrel Timing Layer) project is an additional layer that will be added to CMS for the high luminosity phase of the LHC. BTL is half of the MTD project (Minimum Ionizing Particle Timing Detector) which will allow for higher-resolution event reconstruction.
Currently, the following prototypes have been manufactured at ldeaSquare:
Prototype profile: FASERCal detector
A proposed detector to be placed next to the FASER experiment in the LHC. The main component of FASERCal is the "3DCal" that will allow 3D track reconstruction of particles. Current prototypes are being developed at ETH for these 3DCal modules.
- Optically isolated 1 cm3 cubes, readout fibres
- arranged in three planes to collect light from multiple cubes
- 3D voxel reconstruction
1st Next Generation Triggers Hackathon: a week of innovation and collaboration
The 1st NGT Hackathon, held at CERN IdeaSquare from 7–11 April 2025, brought together more than 40 students and researchers from across the Next Generation Triggers (NGT) collaboration and 15 other institutes.
Create your own ATLAS experiment with 3D printing
Recreate the iconic ATLAS experiment using 3D printing!
Recreate the iconic ATLAS experiment using 3D printing!
Transient—Cloud Chamber, a detector installation turning cosmic muons into trails of light and sound
Transient—Cloud Chamber is a project that offers a mesmerising interaction with cosmic particles, turning cosmic muons into real-time trails of light and sound, revealing the ephemeral beauty of the cosmos.
Transient—Cloud Chamber is a project that offers a mesmerising interaction with cosmic particles, turning cosmic muons into real-time trails of light and sound, revealing the ephemeral beauty of the cosmos.
Scouting the flow of data for the future High Luminosity LHC
How to manage large amounts of data without losing any interesting ones? The selection of data concerning particle collisions in the LHC is critical since it will determine all the resulting analyses. This is the decisive work of a novel scouting system located at the beginning of the data chain.
How to manage large amounts of data without losing any interesting ones? The selection of data concerning particle collisions in the LHC is critical since it will determine all the resulting analyses. This is the decisive work of a novel scouting system located at the beginning of the data chain.
A hackathon to reconstruct the trajectories of particles in the CMS experiment
The 15th Patatrack Hackathon took place at IdeaSquare to focus on reconstruction algorithms for the CMS experiment.
The 15th Patatrack Hackathon took place at IdeaSquare to focus on reconstruction algorithms for the CMS experiment.
Alignment mechanism for ATLAS/CMS
Engineers use IdeaSquare workshops to prototype a better shock absorber for the largest experiments at CERN.
Engineers use IdeaSquare workshops to prototype a better shock absorber for the largest experiments at CERN.
Largest matter-antimatter asymmetry observed
New results from the LHCb experiment on CP asymmetry in charmless three-body charged B meson decays include the largest CP asymmetry ever observed
New results from the LHCb experiment on CP asymmetry in charmless three-body charged B meson decays include the largest CP asymmetry ever observed