Read article 'BELLA sets new record for plasma acceleration'
Physicists used a novel scheme to channel 850 TW laser pulses through a 20 cm-long plasma, allowing electron beams to be accelerated to an energy of 7.8 GeV – almost double the previous record...
Read article 'Physicists digest Japan’s ILC statement'
The Japanese government has put on hold a decision about hosting the International Linear Collider.
Read article 'Physics Beyond Colliders initiative presents main findings'
Experiments have the potential to explore open questions in QCD and to search for hidden-sectors in which dark matter does not couple directly to Standard Model particles.
Read article 'Yong Ho Chin 1958–2019'
A leading theoretical accelerator physicist and chair of the beam dynamics panel of the International Committee for Future Accelerators.
Read article 'Report reveals full reach of LHC programme'
The High-Luminosity LHC, scheduled to operate from 2026, will increase the instantaneous luminosity of the LHC by at least a factor of five beyond its initial design luminosity.
Read article 'China and Europe bid for post-LHC collider'
The discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC in the summer of 2012 set particle physics on a new course of exploration.
Read article 'A giant leap for physics'
A 100 km supercollider at CERN would open a new era in fundamental exploration
Read article 'First beam at SLAC plasma facility'
FACET-II, a new facility for accelerator research at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California, has produced its first electrons. FACET-II is an upgrade to the Facility for Advanced Accelerat...
Read article 'Halfway to high luminosity'
Gathering at CERN for the 8th annual meeting of the HL-LHC
Read article 'The tale of a billion-trillion protons'
Linac2, the machine that feeds CERN’s accelerator complex with protons, has entered a well-deserved retirement after 40 years of service.
