Read article 'Inventing our future accelerator'
Can you imagine that electrons Are planets circling their suns? Space exploration, wars, elections And hundreds of computer tongues Translation by A Seryi of a 1920 poem by Valery Bryusov, “The ...
Read article 'Particle Accelerators: From Big Bang Physics to Hadron Therapy'
Christine Sutton reviews in 2015 Particle Accelerators: From Big Bang Physics to Hadron Therapy.
Read article 'High Gradient Accelerating Structure'
This proceedings volume, for the symposium in honour of Juwen Wang’s 70th anniversary, is dedicated to his many important achievements in the field of accelerator physics.
Read article 'CERN superconducting dipole-magnet model reaches record performance levels'
On 16 June, an 11 T superconducting dipole-magnet model manufactured at CERN for the High-Luminosity LHC project reached record performance levels in tests in hall SM18. Its magnetic-field i...
Read article 'Fermilab sets neutrino-beam record'
In June, Fermilab’s Main Injector accelerator sustained a 521 kW proton beam, and set a world record for the production of high-energy neutrinos with a proton accelerator. The 120 GeV ...
Read article 'Stable beams at 13 TeV'
At 10.40 a.m. on 3 June, the LHC operators declared “stable beams”, signalling the official start of Run 2.
Read article 'HL-LHC begins the move from paper to hardware'
The HL-LHC will contain magnets, relying on Nb3Sn and Nb-Ti superconductors in the form of Rutherford cable, and super-ferric magnets with Nb-Ti coils.
Read article 'EuroCirCol: a key to new physics'
EuroCirCol, the EC-funded part of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) study that will develop the conceptual design of an energy-frontier hadron collider, officially started on 1 June. The “kick...
Read article 'Stable beams at 13 TeV'
The LHC is back in business.
Read article 'The LHC prepares for high-energy collisions'
After restarting in April, CERN's flagship accelerator is progressing well.
