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Accelerator Report: Getting lead ions ready for physics
Accelerator Report: Getting lead ions ready for physicsIn about a week, lead ions will be sent from the SPS into the LHC to collide in the accelerator’s four big experiments – ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and...
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Accelerator Report: SPS and LHC lead-ion physics: navigating technical...
Accelerator Report: SPS and LHC lead-ion physics: navigating technical hurdles for successThe LHC fixed display showing the last verification and validation step before establishing collisions,...
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HiLumi News: Recombination dipole prototype successfully tested for the LHC’s...
HiLumi News: Recombination dipole prototype successfully tested for the LHC’s high-luminosity upgradeThe LHC requires a variety of different types of magnets to direct the beams around its circular...
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Accelerator Report: Optimisation for greater success (and new challenges)
Accelerator Report: Optimisation for greater success (and new challenges)Since the last Accelerator Report, lead-ion beams have been successfully provided to the SPS North Area, in particular to the...
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Accelerator Report: Ending the 2023 run with a quench
Accelerator Report: Ending the 2023 run with a quenchAnother few days and the last 2023 LHC beams will be dumped. The official time for dumping the beams is set at 6 a.m. on Monday, 30 October but,...
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Accelerator Report: Exploring performance potential for future benefit
Accelerator Report: Exploring performance potential for future benefitThe 2023 LHC run ended with a quench in the early morning of 30 October, two hours ahead of the official start of the year-end...
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HiLumi News: Successful test paves the way for magnet production at CERN
HiLumi News: Successful test paves the way for magnet production at CERNThe magnet, named MQXFB03, is 7.2 metres in length. It is the first of ten that will be needed for the HL-LHC. (Image: CERN)The...
View ArticleLooking back on an eventful year for accelerators
Looking back on an eventful year for acceleratorsDuring their recent visit to CERN, Presidents Berset and Macron were given an introduction to the Laboratory by Fabiola. President Macron appeared to be...
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Hi-Lumi News: First magnet from the US Accelerator Upgrade Project shipped to...
Hi-Lumi News: First magnet from the US Accelerator Upgrade Project shipped to CERNThe cryo-assembly containing two MQXFA magnets was delivered to CERN in early December. (Image: CERN)At the beginning...
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HiLumi News: cool kickers for the HL-LHC
HiLumi News: cool kickers for the HL-LHC Installation of the MKI-Cool during the 2022–23 year-end technical stop. (Image: CERN)Kicker magnets are an important part of the LHC accelerator complex....
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HiLumi News : protéger les composants du futur accélérateur du CERN
HiLumi News: protecting the components of CERN’s future acceleratorA major upgrade of the collimation system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) began during the first long shutdown of CERN’s...
View ArticleChamonix: building on success, planning for the future
Chamonix: building on success, planning for the futureMais où sont les neiges d'antan?* From 29 January to 1 February, the Chamonix workshop 2024 upheld its long tradition of fostering open and...
View ArticleCERN Council reviews progress of feasibility study for a next-generation...
CERN Council reviews progress of feasibility study for a next-generation colliderAfter three years of work, mobilising the expertise of scientists and engineers around the world, the Feasibility Study...
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Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex gears up for action after the...
Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex gears up for action after the yearly winter maintenance breakThe Linac4 fixed display showing the beam’s electrical current along the Linac. The first bar...
View ArticleCERN’s accelerators gear up for action after the winter maintenance break
CERN’s accelerators gear up for action after the winter maintenance breakAs winter bids farewell, the recommissioning of CERN’s accelerator complex gathers pace, with the scientific community eagerly...
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Accelerator Report: Advancing smoothly through recommissioning and overcoming...
Accelerator Report: Advancing smoothly through recommissioning and overcoming challengesOn 16 February, the symbolic LHC key was officially handed over to the Operations team, marking the start of the...
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You see an empty field? We see an “Open Sky Laboratory”!
You see an empty field? We see an “Open Sky Laboratory”!The Future Circular Collider (FCC) Feasibility Study is developing a concept for a new research infrastructure to host the next generation of...
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Accelerator Report: Beams are circulating in the LHC
Accelerator Report: Beams are circulating in the LHCThe LHC fixed display, just after both beams entered into circulation. The blue and red lines represent the number of protons in beams 1 and 2,...
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Observing accelerator resonances in 4D
Observing accelerator resonances in 4DCERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron in 2022. (Image: CERN)Whether in listening to music or pushing a swing in the playground, we are all familiar with resonances and...
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Accelerator Report: Protons or Easter eggs? Let’s hope for both
Accelerator Report: Protons or Easter eggs? Let’s hope for bothBeam commissioning is progressing well across the entire accelerator complex, with initial completion achieved in the first machines of...
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