2008/10/31 by A. H. Ball, Austin H. Ball, Ball, Austin H.
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0810.5721
ICHEP08, Philadelphia, USA, July 2008. 9 pages
arxiv created 2008/10/31 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The status of the CMS experiment is described. After a brief review of the detector design and a short overview of the first 5 years of assembly, the focus of this presentation will be the parallel activities of completing and commissioning over the last 2 years and the readiness of CMS for the exciting prospect of first LHC operation.