Read article 'First ions for ALICE and rings for LHCb'
Injection tests on 25–29 September delivered heavy ions for the first time to the threshold of the LHC. Particles were extracted from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) and transported along the TI...
Read article '…while the LHC gets colder and colder'
The cool-down and commissioning of the LHC continues to progress well.
Read article 'A night to remember'
In an article from the archives, Hildred Blewett recalls the start-up of the Proton Synchrotron.
Read article 'LEP – The Lord of the Collider Rings at CERN, 1980–2000: The Making, Operation and Legacy of the World’s Largest Scientific Instrument'
Gordon Fraser reviews in 2009 LEP – The Lord of the Collider Rings at CERN, 1980–2000: The Making, Operation and Legacy of the World's Largest Scientific Instrument.
Read article 'The Large Hadron Collider: a Marvel of Technology'
Horst Wenninger reviews in 2009 The Large Hadron Collider: a Marvel of Technology.
Read article 'The Quantum Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider'
Jordan Juras reviews in 2009 The Quantum Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider.
Read article 'VECC’s superconducting success'
VECC's superconducting cyclotron is the most advanced, hi-tech accelerator ever constructed in India.
Read article 'Final sector starts cool down'
On 2 September the cool down of LHC sector 6-7 got underway, following some minor repair work.
Read article 'The future is together'
Recent events at CERN are helping to pave the way towards a worldwide linear-collider community in accelerators and detectors.
Read article 'Collisions to start at 3.5 TeV'
The LHC will initially run at an energy of 3.5 TeV per beam when it starts up in November this year.
