Read article 'Beams back at the Antiproton Decelerator'
Antiprotons returned to CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator (AD) on 5 August and experiments have been receiving beams since mid-September, following an intensive consolidation programme during the first...
Read article 'Nanotube cathode promises intense electron beam'
It looks like a small black button, but in tests at Fermilab’s High-Brightness Electron Source Lab it has produced beam currents greater than those generated with a large laser system.
Read article 'An excellent start for the FCC collaboration'
On 9–10 September, representatives of about 70 institutes worldwide met at CERN to establish the International Collaboration Board (ICB) at the Future Circular Collider (FCC) study.
Read article 'Engines of Discovery: A Century of Particle Accelerators. Revised and Expanded Edition'
Christine Sutton reviews in 2014 Engines of Discovery: A Century of Particle Accelerators. Revised and Expanded Edition.
Read article 'Innovative Applications and Developments of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors'
Anton Oed reviews in 2014 Innovative Applications and Developments of Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors.
Read article 'The SPS gets ready to restart'
Work continues apace to ready the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) for its planned October restart, while beams are already being delivered to experiments at the Proton Synchrotron (PS) and PS Booster.
Read article 'First beam in Linac4 DTL'
Work progresses on Linac4, the linear accelerator foreseen to take over from the current Linac2 as injector to the PS Booster. On 5 August, the first drift-tube linac (DTL) tank saw beams at 12 MeV
Read article 'Budker Institute’s booster gets going at Brookhaven'
The National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) is currently being commissioned at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Read article 'Countdown to physics'
Following the restart of the first elements in CERN’s accelerator complex in June, beams are now being delivered to experiments from the Proton Synchrotron (PS) and the PS Booster.
Read article 'Accelerators come into focus in Dresden'
Résumé Les accélérateurs à l’honneur à Dresde La Conférence internationale sur les accélérateurs de particules (IPAC), associant sessions pléni&...
