Read article 'Heavy-ion workshop looks to the future'
Heavy-ion workshop looks to the future
Physicists meeting in Finland warm up for heavy-ion physics at the LHC.
Read article 'Heavy-ion workshop looks to the future'
Read article 'CERN announces new date for LHC start-up…'
CERN announces new date for LHC start-up…
Speaking at the 142nd session of the CERN Council on 22 June, CERN’s director-general, Robert Aymar, announced that the LHC will start up in May 2008, taking the first steps towards studying physic...
Read article 'Harnessing the power of the plasma wakefield'
Harnessing the power of the plasma wakefield
Chan Joshi reviews recent progress with plasma-based accelerators.
Read article 'LHC magnet tests: the Indian connection'
LHC magnet tests: the Indian connection
Vinod Chohan looks back at the results of a unique collaboration.
Read article 'The last dipole makes its descent'
The last dipole makes its descent
On 26 April, the last superconducting magnet for the LHC descended into the accelerator tunnel.
Read article 'First LHC sector reaches 1.9 K'
First LHC sector reaches 1.9 K
The first sector of the LHC to be cooled reached its operating temperature of 1.9 K for the first time on 10 April.
Read article 'Light source gets off to a good start with first electron bunch'
Light source gets off to a good start with first electron bunch
Commissioning of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC began on 5 April when physicists and engineers started up the electron-injector system for the first time, and created and accelerated ...
Read article 'The LHC: illuminating the high-energy frontier'
The LHC: illuminating the high-energy frontier
During the next few years, discoveries at CERN's Large Hadron Collider will revolutionize our understanding of matter, forces and space. John Ellis looks at what might lie in store.
Read article 'ICFA releases ILC design report'
ICFA releases ILC design report
The International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) has released the Reference Design Report (RDR) for a future International Linear Collider (ILC)
Read article 'SLAC demonstrates plasma ‘afterburner’'
SLAC demonstrates plasma ‘afterburner’
A team of researchers at SLAC has shown that plasma acceleration can dramatically boost the energy of particles over a short distance.
