Read article 'Super-magnets at work'
To obtain 10 times the LHC original design luminosity, the HL-LHC will need to replace more than 40 large superconducting magnets, in addition to about 60 superconducting corrector magnets. A...
Read article 'The HL-LHC: a bright vision'
The LHC is one of the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments. Its design and construction required more than 20 years of hard work and the unique expertise of a number of e...
Read article 'Theoretical Foundations of Synchrotron and Storage Ring RF Systems'
Gianluigi Arduini reviews in 2016 Theoretical Foundations of Synchrotron and Storage Ring RF Systems.
Read article 'The LHC is restarting'
The LHC, last among all of CERN’s accelerators, is resuming operation with beam while this issue goes to press. The year-end technical stop (YETS) started on 14 December 2015. During the 11...
Read article 'Another important step for the AWAKE experiment'
By harnessing the power of wakefields generated by a proton beam in a plasma cell, the AWAKE experiment at CERN (CERN Courier November 2013 p17) aims to produce accelerator gradients that are hundreds...
Read article '‘First turns’ for SuperKEKB'
On 10 February, the SuperKEKB electron–positron collider in Tsukuba, Japan, succeeded in circulating and storing a positron beam moving close to the speed of light through 1000 magnets...
Read article 'CERN sets accelerator objectives for 2016'
The LHC Performance Workshop took place in Chamonix from 25 to 28 January. Attended by representatives from across the accelerator sector, including members of the CERN Machine Advisory Committee...
Read article 'A year of challenges and successes'
2015 was a tough year for CERN’s accelerator sector. Besides assuring delivery of beam to the extensive non-LHC facilities such as the AD, ISOLDE, nTOF and the North Area, many teams also had to wor...
Read article 'LHC surpasses design luminosity with heavy ions'
Résumé Le LHC dépasse la luminosité nominale pour les ions lourds Le LHC a terminé l’année 2015 par une exploitation avec des ions lourds. Pour la première foi...
Read article 'PS beam extraction becomes more efficient'
Résumé L’extraction des faisceaux du PS devient plus efficace Depuis septembre 2015, les faisceaux de protons utilisés pour les expériences de physique avec cible fixe aupr&#...
