Read article 'HL-LHC counts down to LS3'
Oliver Brüning and Markus Zerlauth describe the latest progress and next steps for the validation of key technologies, tests of prototypes and the series production of equipment for the High-Luminosi...
Read article 'Connecting the accelerator dots'
This book is the first of its kind where the three disciplines of accelerators, lasers and plasmas are connected towards building more compact accelerators.
Read article 'Heavy ions return in style'
Stable beams were declared on 27 September with an energy of 5.36 TeV per nucleon pair (compared to 5.02 TeV during Run 2) and a collision rate increased by a factor of 10 since the last heavy-ion...
Read article 'Aligning future colliders at SLAC'
A key outcome of the LCWS2023 workshop was a statement to the P5 committee supporting the timely realisation of a Higgs factory based on a linear collider.
Read article 'Towards a century of trailblazing physics'
The highly positive atmosphere of FCC Week 2023 projected a strong sense of momentum within the community.
Read article 'Record attendance at IPAC23'
The fully in-person event attracted 1660 participants from 37 countries, illustrating the need for real-life interactions in the global accelerator landscape after COVID-19.
Read article 'Electrical perturbation uproots Run 3 operations'
LHC Run 3 operations were interrupted following an electrical glitch in mid-July caused by a fallen tree.
Read article 'New horizons in SRF: beyond the HL-LHC'
Frank Gerigk, leader of CERN’s radio-frequency group, assesses progress on the SRF R&D roadmap and the exacting fabrication and performance requirements already coming into view.
Read article 'Future colliders are particle observatories'
Renaming the Future Circular Collider as the CERN International Particle Observatory would better reflect the role of colliders as general-purpose tools to do good science, argues Tevong You.
Read article 'Giorgio Brianti 1930–2023'
Giorgio Brianti, a pillar of CERN throughout his 40-year career, played a major role in the success of CERN and in particular the LEP project.
