Accelerators Archives – Page 55 of 91

Breaking ground for Linac 4

Civil engineering work has started on Linac 4, a major new renovation project for the CERN accelerator complex.

CERN inaugurates the LHC

The LHC inauguration ceremony officially marked the end of 24 years of conception, development, construction and assembly of the biggest and most sophisticated scientific tool in the world.

SRF technology comes full circle

Nearly a half-century ago, researchers at Stanford University began investigating superconducting RF (SRF) acceleration.

ALBA: a synchrotron light source for Spain

Progress of a new, third-generation light source

LHC first beam: a day to remember

At a little before 10.30 a.m. on 10 September, two dots on a colour screen in the CERN Control Centre (CCC) marked the successful first complete turn of protons clockwise round the LHC. It was less t...

DOE approves 12 GeV upgrade for CEBAF

Jefferson Lab received approval to begin construction upgrade to the 12 GeV CEBAF

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).

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.