Read article 'Climbing out of the nuclear valley'
Climbing out of the nuclear valley
With nuclear physics largely confined to a narrow band of stable isotopes, a new US machine aims to provide a wider nuclear perspective.
Read article 'Climbing out of the nuclear valley'
Read article 'Table-top device makes crystalline beams'
Table-top device makes crystalline beams
A model set up at Munich’s Ludwig-Maximilians University has for the first time achieved a high level of “crystallization” of particle beams in a ring. The particles orbiting in conv...
Read article 'Cornell makes plans to alter its course'
Cornell makes plans to alter its course
Cornell University in New York managed for a long time to keep pace with major national laboratories. Experiments at Cornell provided many important contributions to the physics of B-mesons - parti...
Read article 'New double-ring design for Chinese machine will be more competitive'
New double-ring design for Chinese machine will be more competitive
A second ring is now being planned for the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider (BEPC) at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP).
Read article 'LHC insertions: the key to CERN’s new accelerator'
LHC insertions: the key to CERN’s new accelerator
In October 2001, production of the specialised magnets that perform specific tasks, such as final focus, and injection and extraction of beams, was in full swing.
Read article 'Magnets become more compact'
Magnets become more compact
A new development in Japan that enables powerful magnetic fields to be obtained without using expensive electromagnets could open the door to smaller, special-purpose particle accelerator installation...
Read article 'Super Proton Synchrotron marks its 25th birthday'
Super Proton Synchrotron marks its 25th birthday
A quarter of a century ago, CERN's gleaming new Super Proton Synchrotron supplied its first proton beams. Although no longer the spearhead of CERN's research programme, the machine has become a vital ...
Read article 'TESLA project goes public'
TESLA project goes public
The DESY laboratory in Hamburg recently published plans for a superconducting linear electron-positron collider: TESLA. This article amplifies these ambitious plans and outlines the objectives of th...
Read article 'Season of Higgs and melodrama'
Season of Higgs and melodrama
CERN's LEP electron-positron collider closed last year after a tantalizing and controversial finish, which revealed hints of the long-awaited Higgs particle - the missing link in today's picture of p...
Read article 'The final curtain falls on LEP'
The final curtain falls on LEP
After a concerted push by physicists to extend the running of CERN's LEP 27 km electron-positron collider into 2001, the decision has been taken to close the machine for good.
