Read article 'ICALEPCS 2005: Geneva'
ICALEPCS 2005: Geneva
In October 2005, control-systems experts from experimental facilities around the world met in Geneva for the EUROPHYSICS conference ICALEPCS 2005. Axel Daneels reports.
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Read article 'LHC’s installation makes progress'
LHC’s installation makes progress
CERN's director-general, Robert Aymar praised the immense progress made towards the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project when he addressed the 135th session of the CERN Council on 16 December 2005.
Read article 'Belle achieves new luminosity record'
Belle achieves new luminosity record
By mid-afternoon on 22 November, the Belle experiment at KEK had accumulated an integrated luminosity of 500 fb-1 of electron-positron collision data.
Read article 'Superconducting RF technology forum unites research and industry'
Superconducting RF technology forum unites research and industry
Representatives from European research and industry have established the European Industry Forum for Accelerators with Superconducting RF Technology, EIFast.
Read article 'HERA hits record annual luminosity'
HERA hits record annual luminosity
In its 2005 run, DESY's HERA collider achieved the largest integrated luminosity it has ever produced in one year.
Read article 'CERN’s low-energy frontier'
CERN’s low-energy frontier
The recent NuPAC meeting at CERN provided an overview of the laboratory's present and future activities in nuclear astrophysics, nuclear-structure physics and related areas.
Read article 'The future looks bright for particle channelling'
The future looks bright for particle channelling
Techniques that make use of the ordered structure of a crystal lattice to manipulate particle beams are finding an increasing number of applications.
Read article 'NSRRC operates in top-up mode'
NSRRC operates in top-up mode
On 12 October the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), Taiwan, became the fourth synchrotron facility in the world to operate fully in top-up mode, joining the Swiss Light Source (S...
Read article 'SNS reaches major milestone on journey to completion next June'
SNS reaches major milestone on journey to completion next June
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) has met a crucial milestone on its way to completion in June 2006 - operation of th...
Read article 'LEIR gets ions on course for the LHC'
LEIR gets ions on course for the LHC
On 10 October, at the very first attempt, a beam travelled round the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) at CERN. LEIR is a central part of the injector chain to supply lead ions to the Large Hadron Collider (...
