Read article 'Dream machine'
Dream machine
Muon colliders are both precision and discovery machines, but significant R&D is required before they can be considered candidates for a next collider.
Read article 'Dream machine'
Read article 'Energy efficiency – a new frontier'
Energy efficiency – a new frontier
Major savings in the energy consumption and cost of accelerators are there for the taking, with potential impact beyond particle physics.
Read article 'Upping the tempo on wakefield accelerators'
Upping the tempo on wakefield accelerators
Experts from around the world met for the second ALEGRO workshop, to discuss advanced linear-collider concepts at the energy frontier.
Read article 'Particle colliders: accelerating innovation'
Particle colliders: accelerating innovation
Around 100 delegates joined a co-innovation workshop in Liverpool to discuss the strategic R&D programme for a Future Circular Collider.
Read article 'BELLA sets new record for plasma acceleration'
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'
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'
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'
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'
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'
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.
