LHCb Silicon Tracker - Photos from TT Station Assembly and Installation
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Installation of x layers on the A side (March 15, 2008)
View of the completed u-layer
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Stefan picking up a new module...
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... and carrying it to the detector
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Installing a module from the VELO side
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Mounting back the insulation wall on the VELO side
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Mounting back the insulation wall on the VELO side
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Jeroen picking up a module for the Magnet side ...
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... and carrying it to the detector
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Angi fixing the lower end of the module
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Stefan fixing the upper end of the module
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Angi working while Jeroen inspects the installed modules
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Jeroen fixes the last module himself
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Jeroen fixes the last module himself
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Final inspection
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Stefan mounting the beam-pipe insulation piece
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Stefan mounting the beam-pipe insulation piece
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Installation of the second batch of detector modules (February 22, 2008)
Installing the first modules on the Cryo side
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First modules on the Cryo side
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Connecting the jumper cables
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Modules around the LHC beam pipe
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Half-module above the LHC beam pipe
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View through the magnet
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Access side, completed v-layer
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Access side, top, v-layer
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Access side, completed u-layer
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Access side, completed u-layer
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Access side, u-layer, bottom
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Access side, u-layer, top
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Installation of the first eight detector modules (February 1, 2008)
Taking the faaast lift down
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Angi and Stefan preparing the workplace
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Installing the first of the modules
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Installing the first of the modules
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Installing the first of the modules
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Installing the first of the modules
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Installing module number three
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The fifth module from the VELO side
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The fifth module from the VELO side
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The fifth module from the VELO side
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View of the installed modules
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View of the installed modules
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Close-up of the lower half of the modules
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Close-up of the lower hybrids
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Close-up of the upper hybrids
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Jeroen getting ready for his work
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... connecting the upper jumper cables
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... then the lower jumper cables
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Lower hybrids with jumper cables connected
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Upper hybrids with jumper cables connected
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More jumper cables waiting for more modules
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Readout cables plugged into their digitizer cards
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Views of closed TT station (August 23, 2007)
Installation of optical fibres (July 20-27, 2007)
Service-box rack wiwth cables and fibres
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Optical patch-panel on platform P3
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Rack P1A03
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TELL1 boards in the counting house
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Optical patch panel in the counting house
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HV patch panel in the counting house
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Installation of the first detector module (July 9-13, 2007)
Connecting cooling lines
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Leveling of cooling plates
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The module arrives
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Mounting the module
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Mounting the module
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Mounting the module
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Mounting the module
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Mounting the module
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Angi posing with the module
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The module on its own
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Mounting the beam-pipe insulation
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Close-up of the beam-pipe insulation piece
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Bottom end of the installed module
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Lower hybrids
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Photogrammetry of Access side (June 11-15, 2007)
Open half-station with targets
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Jean-Christophe taking pictures
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Sandra clearing the view
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Stefan and Angi changing the targets
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Photogrammetry of Cryo side (June 6, 2007)
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Cooling balconies with targets
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Open half-station with all targets
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Open half-station with all targets
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Jean-Christophe taking pictures
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Sandra analysing the data
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Closed half-station with all targets
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HV and LV cables on Cryo side
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Mounting connectors on bias-voltage cables (May 21-25 and June 11-15, 2007)
Patch panel
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Mounting connectors on platform P3
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Mounting connectors close to detectors
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Patch panel with cables connected
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Leak test using CO2
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Modified cable tray
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Mounting connectors on IT cables
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Mounting connectors on IT cables
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Labelling the cables
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Crimping the LV lugs
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Cables Access-side bottom
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Nitrogen supply
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Cooling by-pass
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Low-voltage cables (April 23-26, 2007)
Service-Boxes
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Service-Boxes
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Platform P3
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Platform P3
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Cooling pipes (March 26, 2007)
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Purge valve
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Access side
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Cryo side
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Insulation
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Adjusting and connecting cables in the flexible cable chains (February 12-17, 2007)
Stefan and Angie at work
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Cable tray underneath the C-frame
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Upper support rail and beam-pipe protection
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View from the Cryo-side
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View from inside the LHCb magnet
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View from inside the LHCb magnet
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Keep you hands off our detector!
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Jeroen posing in front of the station
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Angie posing in front of the station
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Installing Kapton "jumper cables" (February 2007)
Cryo-top-magnet
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Cryo-top-VELO
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Cryo-bottom-magnet
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Cryo-bottom-VELO
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Access-top-magnet
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Access-top-VELO
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Access-bottom-magnet
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Access-bottom-VELO
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Closing the detector box (February 5-9, 2007)
Installing the flexible cable chains in LHCb (December 13-15, 2006)
Cable-chain supports mounted on the magnet
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Transport box with cable chains
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Unpacking the cable chain
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Kapton feed-through cables and patch panels
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Open C-frame and magnet
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Closed C-frame and cable chains
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C-frame on the "C"ryo side
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Sliding towards the beam pipe
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Installing the C-Frames in LHCb (December 11/12, 2006)
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Lowering the transport box
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Lifting the C-frame out of the box
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Lifting the C-frame over the magnet
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Rolf holding the C-frame
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Lifting the C-frame into an upright position
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Stefan fixing the upper gliders
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Angela and the C-frame
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C-frame on the Access side
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C-frame on the Cryo side
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Has the beam pipe gone down the drain?
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Hard stops
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View from the VELO
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View from the VELO
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Test installation in Zürich (November 2006)
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