Read article 'Successful test for CLIC'
Successful test for CLIC
The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) study collaboration has for the first time sent beam right to the end of the drive beamline in the CLIC Test Facility (CTF3).
Read article 'Successful test for CLIC'
Read article 'Incident in sector 3-4 of the LHC'
Incident in sector 3-4 of the LHC
Commissioning of the LHC came to an abrupt halt at midday on 19 September, when an incident occurred in sector 3-4 that resulted in a large helium leak in the LHC tunnel.
Read article 'Will the LHC surprise us?'
Will the LHC surprise us?
Having failed to find any completely unexpected new physics for more than 30 years, we clearly need nature's help to progress, and the case is good.
Read article 'CMS: Building on innovation'
CMS: Building on innovation
Jim Virdee talks to Carolyn Lee on how the CMS experiment are preparing for the LHC
Read article 'LHC milestones (archive)'
LHC milestones (archive)
Work for the LEP electron–positron collider continues to drive ahead, however LEP is far from being the last word in CERN's long term plans.
Read article 'Early days: The challenges of the LHC (archive)'
Early days: The challenges of the LHC (archive)
It is generally considered that the starting point for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was an ECFA meeting in Lausanne in March 1984,although many of us had begun work on the design of the machine in ...
Read article 'Early days: The Evian experiment meeting (archive)'
Early days: The Evian experiment meeting (archive)
Compilation of two articles from 1992 talking about the construction of the LHC and its four detectors at the Evian experiment meeting.
Read article 'Early days: Aachen: the case for LHC (archive)'
Early days: Aachen: the case for LHC (archive)
500 physicists met in Aachen, Germany, in October to put the research case for the proposed Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.
Read article 'Early days: Lausanne LHC workshop (archive)'
Early days: Lausanne LHC workshop (archive)
The installation of a hadron collider in the LEP tunnel, using superconducting magnets, has always been foreseen by ECFA and CERN as the natural long term extension of the CERN facilities beyond LEP. ...
Read article 'The LHC sees its first circulating beam'
The LHC sees its first circulating beam
At 10.28 am on 10 September, the first beam made the full 27 km journey around the LHC, travelling in a clockwise direction.
