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Supercomputer
– Installation of the CDC 7600 supercomputer system in the CERN computer centre in 1972
The LHC by lamplight
– A technician sheds some light on a interconnection between magnets in the LHC tunnel
Under pressure
– This heavy collaring press - now being tested at building 180 - pushes magnet components into place
Cable cascade
– Colourful cables seem to flow from a wall in this image from the ATLAS cavern in 2011
Connection inspection
– CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer visited the LHC tunnel to inspect work on interconnections between magnets
Mini masterclass
– CMS physicist Tommaso Tabarelli de Fatis teaches Italian students about event displays in a "mini masterclass"
Under-mountain biking
– Technicians cycle to work inside the 27-kilometre LHC tunnel, which runs below the Jura mountains in France
Vacuum cleaners
– Technicians check LHC magnets for leaks in the vacuum before the accelerator is brought to room temperature
Sam Ting presents AMS results
– In the CERN auditorium, Sam Ting gives an overview of the first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (Image: CERN)
Magnet check-up
– An engineer fits a pole-end piece to a dipole magnet in order fine-tune the quality of the magnetic field
Survey work continues
– Work continues on the LHC, as a surveyor checks the alignment of magnets in the accelerator
Higgs basket
– At a basketball game in Milan (Italy), Fernando Ferroni, head of the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) wears a Higgs-boson shirt
Hawking and the machine
– Stephen Hawking visited the LHC tunnel before accepting a $3 million special Fundamental Physics Prize at a ceremony in Geneva this week
Morgan Freeman in the tunnel
– US actor Morgan Freeman visited the LHC tunnel yesterday before hosting the Fundamental Physics Prize ceremony in Geneva
Making connections
– A technician practices repairing LHC magnet interconnects - there are 1695 such interconnections to consolidate during the long shutdown
The Standard Model stone
– A standing stone outside the CERN Control Centre neatly sums up our understanding of the universe with the Langrangian equation of the Standard Model
Tunnel tour
– Raymond Veness, an engineer in the Beams Department, explains some of the workings of the LHC to visitors in the tunnel
Interconnection talk
– Discussing approaches to quality control of the new LHC magnet interconnects that will be fitted during the long shutdown
All fired up
– Members of the Directorate and their support staff take part in a fire-fighting course with the CERN Fire Brigade before the end-of-year break
On the case
– A technician practices opening a spare LHC magnet casing in preparation for work during the Long Shutdown of the LHC
The abominable snow man
– Members of the Young@CERN mailing group take to the snow for an epic lunchtime snowball fight
