Timelapse of the CMS New Forward Shielding Installation

In the same way that loud background noise does not allow us to listen to a conversation or appreciate a piece of music, so too the CMS detector needs a quiet environment to optimize data taking and analysis.
New shielding has been successfully installed around the section of the #LHC beam pipe crossing the CMS detector, at one end of the experimental cavern.
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[@DreadEnder]

Incredible!

[@michalhaubner2104]

The music background should have been quiet too.