Accelerator Report: Another exciting year ahead
Accelerator Report: Another exciting year aheadJust as the end of a run gives us the chance to look back and reflect on our achievements, the start of a new year is the perfect opportunity to focus on...
View ArticleAccelerator Report: Preparing for 2025 LHC operation and setting goals
Accelerator Report: Preparing for 2025 LHC operation and setting goalsThe year-end technical stop (YETS) activities in the accelerator complex’s first machines are nearing completion, but in the LHC...
View ArticleAccelerator Report: A first step towards beam production – the Linac4 source...
Accelerator Report: A first step towards beam production – the Linac4 source is running againWhile the year-end technical stop (YETS) is still in full swing in the LHC and progressing as planned, the...
View ArticleChamonix Workshop 2025: looking to the future
Chamonix Workshop 2025: looking to the futureThe Chamonix Workshop 2025, held from 27 to 30 January, brought together CERN’s accelerator and experimental communities to reflect on achievements, address...
View ArticleA curved magnet with much potential
A curved magnet with much potentialWhat do rope winding and giant pasta shapes have to do with particle physics? The answer is a new superconducting magnet prototype under development at CERN, lovingly...
View ArticleAccelerator Report: Linac4 beam commissioning is nearing completion and the...
Accelerator Report: Linac4 beam commissioning is nearing completion and the PS Booster is next in lineOn 19 February, as planned, the beam stoppers just downstream of the Linac4 ion source were opened,...
View ArticleAccelerator Report: Recommissioning on track as the first beams progress...
Accelerator Report: Recommissioning on track as the first beams progress through the complex In my previous report, I wrote that the first beam injection of 2025 into the PS Booster (PSB) was...
View ArticleLes particules sont de retour dans les accélérateurs
Particles are back in the accelerators At CERN, beams of particles are accelerated faster and faster, just like a relay race (where each runner is faster than the previous one). The LHC’s relay team...
View ArticleAccelerator Report: The LHC commissioning is well on track, but challenges...
Accelerator Report: The LHC commissioning is well on track, but challenges lie ahead Last week, on 19 March, the first beam-based physics of the year began when protons from the PS hit the n_TOF...
View ArticleCERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider
CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider After several years of intense work, CERN and international partners have completed a study to assess the feasibility of...
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