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The first half-moon of the innermost part of pixel detector (called the Barrel, or BmO) is slid along the silvery beam pipe. This innermost component will be joined by a second half on the left and then two caps (one in front and one behind) to give a nearly-full sphere of coverage around the collisions point. Photo: Maximilien Brice, CERN