Read article 'How bright is the LHC?'
The absolute luminosity at a particle collider is not only an important figure of merit for the machine, it is also a necessity for determining the absolute cross-sections for reaction processes.
Read article 'ILC-type cryomodule makes the grade'
For the first time, the gradient specification of the International Linear Collider (ILC) design study of 31.5 MV/m has been achieved on average across an entire ILC-type cryomodule made of ILC-grade...
Read article 'RHIC’s new gold record'
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory completed its 14th physics run in July, during which gold-ion beams were brought into collision at both low (7.3 GeV/nucl...
Read article 'Accelerator Physics at the Tevatron Collider'
Frank Zimmermann reviews in 2014 Accelerator Physics at the Tevatron Collider.
Read article 'Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology: Volume 6 – Accelerators for High Intensity Beams'
As particle accelerators strive for ever-increasing performance, high-intensity particle beams are becoming one of the critical demands from a majority of users – whether for proton, electron or ion...
Read article 'SESAME boosts electrons to 800 MeV'
fter having successfully stored electrons in the Booster-Synchrotron in July, the SESAME team succeeded in accelerating electrons to their final energy of 800 MeV.
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.
