November 1, 2023 was the day that our own Nergis Mavalvala, our Dean came to CERN for the first time. Bolek the director of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science had invited her and she accepted, curious as we learned during…
The Year End Technical Stop or for the LHC experts YETS is in effect as of today (October 30, 2023). The year has finished with an exciting Heavy Ion run which started slow but eventually picked up the pace and…
Problem set number 7 in Classical Mechanics at MIT included one problem which required the use of our A2rchi installation. With over 600 students asking questions and doing so of course only the evening on which the problem set was…
The message is out we are committed to host the 2nd Annual US FCC workshop here at MIT. Come and enjoy! The message Dear Colleagues, We hope you will join us for the 2nd annual US FCC Workshop at MIT…
On Friday October 13, 2023 at 5pm the A2rchi team has in collaboration with the 8.01 teaching team released a specially adjusted version of its large language model that has been reinforced and harnessed with all information relevant to the…
The clearest sign of the summer coming to an end is when September rolls in and the school year starts again. Eventually fall officially starts, this year it was on September 23. The Fall CMS week therefore was technically not…
The Banana Lounge at MIT is legendary. Since 2018 free bananas for students on campus 24/7, with an interruption during COVID, have left a mark. It is interesting to note that the establishment of the Banana Lounge at MIT (April…
This years conference of the European Physics Society (EPS) on High Energy Physics (HEP) took place in Hamburg. It was a wonderful showing of the present state of high energy physics. I personally had not visited the EPS in a…
The LHC is facing a serious issue because last night at around 1am (CERN time), an electrical perturbation (likely the cause) caused several magnet to quenched and the IP8 cold compressor to trip. The Inner Triplet L8 insulation vacuum was…
Late Friday afternoons are rarely known for being very efficient at work but they can be used as a time for preparations for the weekend and for group fun. The PPC traditionally goes for a short round of drinks on…
