Photos

This page contains links to panoramic photos of CERN (taken by Peter McCready (link opens in a new window)) that give you 360 degree views around viewpoints at the LHC, CERN. The 'points' are locations on the 27km LHC tunnel. They are marked on this diagram of the LHC site (link opens in a new window) (You can pan, tilt and zoom these pictures).

The LHC collider

• Commissioning the LHC (link opens in a new window) - A chamber close to Point 1.
  
  
• Checking an interconnection between dipole and quadrupole superconducting magnets (link opens in a new window) on the LHC, close to Point 1.

The ALICE detector

• Commissioning ALICE (link opens in a new window) in the experimental cavern at Point 2.

The ATLAS detector

• Commissioning the ATLAS detector (link opens in a new window) in the experiment cavern at Point 1.

The CMS detector

• Commissioning the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment in the experiment cavern at Point 5 - Viewpoint 1 (link opens in a new window), viewpoint 2 (link opens in a new window).
  
  
• The silicon strip tracker (link opens in a new window), which lies close to the centre of CMS, being commissioned before assembly into the detector.
  
  
• CMS detector commissioning in the surface hall (link opens in a new window) at Point 5. This hall is now (13/08/08) empty as all of CMS has been lowered underground and assembled.
  
  
• Outside the CMS surface hall (link opens in a new window) at Point 5.