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CHIPP is an association uniting researchers active in particle, astroparticle and nuclear physics in Switzerland. It strengthens the Swiss participation in international projects and committees, coordinates research and teaching activities in Switzerland, and promotes public awareness of the field.more

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UA2 central detector
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The discovery of the W and Z bosons
The discovery of W and Z bosons was only possible with the Super Proton Synchrotron, SPS, a powerful accelerator colliding protons with antiprotons. University of Bern contributed to the UA2 experiment.

The ALICE L3 Magnet
Image: ALICE, CERN

LEP begins operations
Recycling: The magnet that was constructed under the leadership of ETHZ for the L3 experiment at LEP is still used in the ALICE experiment at LHC.

Picture from the installation of the installation of the CMS pixel detector.
Image: CMS, CERN

The LHC starts up
Swiss groups have been involved in the ATLAS, CMS and LHCb projects since the mid-1990s with essential contributions to hardware, computing and physics analyses.

Ben Kilminster (circled) watching the announcement of the Higgs discovery in the middle of the night at Fermilab
Image: FERMILAB

The discovery of the Higgs Boson
10 years celebration of Higgs discovery
Hans Peter Beck from University of Bern: as chair of one of the ATLAS experiment’s editorial boards on Higgs searches he had known about the result for quite some time. “It was my job to ask the right questions in order to make sure that what we will publish is sound, robust and will pass peer review in a flawless process.”