Visiting Pit 8
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For safety reasons, the following rules apply to all visits at Pit 8 without exception

Visits at the pit are only allowed during shutdown periods

Visits organized by the CERN Visits Service are only possible at the surface of the Pit 8, including Delphi section

A visit to the underground area (Delphi and/or LHCb) of Pit 8 would be allowed providing that:

  1. It is given by an LHCb escort who
    1a) has the required access authorisations (see Access to Experimental Site on the LHCb homepage)
    1b) has been appointed as escort by the GLIMOS (Escort list)

  2. The LHCb escort has a valid personal dosimeter

  3. Tokens and keys are given by the LHCb GLIMOS: Eric Thomas

  4. For visits of the LHCb detector, the form with personal data of the visitors has to be completed and returned to the secretariat before the visit
    4a) the escort will be given an operational dosimeter by the RSO: Gloria Corti
    4b) the escort fills the part regarding the doses in the form, sign and return it to the secretariat after the visit

  5. Maximum of 6 visitors

  6. The visit can be cancelled on short notice for operational or safety reason (unlikely)

         Visit of Delphi only:

  1. If organized by the Visit Service, an official CERN guide can be the escort

  2.  If organized by LHCb, only an official LHCb guide can be the escort

  3. No need to fill up the form

If you are planning a visit to the pit, the first step is to contact Gloria Corti and Eric Thomas (cc the secretariat), who are responsible for the access and can tell you if your visit can take place or not

It is recommended to plan visits well in advance

Each visitor must:

  1. wear a safety helmet (available in SX85)

  2. be equipped with closed shoes (no high heels, sandals, etc.)

  3. stay with the group and must not wander around by himself (herself)

No children of age below 12 are allowed in underground areas

It is not allowed to climb the metallic structures and to enter the barracks

Scheduled visits overview
Delphi
visit itinerary 		Delphi
visit itinerary


 

For more information do not hesitate to contact the LHCb Secretariat 

(78591 or by email) / Official Press Brochures (E / F / G / I)

We also recommend you to consult the following sites which provides rather complete and useful information for the visits:

 

Delphi

Delphi

The documentation related to each detector is under work. A more homogeneous version will soon be available.