Read article 'Pisa pushes new frontiers'
Pisa pushes new frontiers
The island of Elba, off the coast of Tuscany, hosted the 10th Pisa meeting on frontier detectors, a quarter of a century since the meetings began. Giorgio Chiarelli reports.
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Read article 'FLASH produces the shortest wavelength yet'
FLASH produces the shortest wavelength yet
On 26 April, the vacuum-ultraviolet and soft X-ray free-electron laser (FEL) facility at DESY generated pulses at the shortest wavelength yet, using electron bunches supplied by the TESLA Test Facilit...
Read article 'Canadian modules take up position at LHC'
Canadian modules take up position at LHC
As the many pieces of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its experiments come together at CERN, Canada's contributions to the project are moving into their final positions.
Read article 'First results for the VUV-FEL radiation source'
First results for the VUV-FEL radiation source
The first measuring period for external users at the vacuum ultraviolet free-electron laser (VUV-FEL), the new ultraviolet and X-ray radiation source at DESY, ended successfully on 27 February.
Read article 'PS and SPS accelerators are back in business'
PS and SPS accelerators are back in business
After a year of renovation and construction, CERN's accelerator complex is once again beginning to deliver different beams at a variety of energies.
Read article 'Closed-loop technology speeds up beam control'
Closed-loop technology speeds up beam control
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermilab and CERN have together developed a feedback-control system that is already speeding up operations at RHIC and should prove invaluable in commissioning the LHC....
Read article 'Australian synchrotron shines new light in the Southern Hemisphere'
Australian synchrotron shines new light in the Southern Hemisphere
The Australian Synchrotron under construction in Melbourne is due to begin operation in April 2007.
Read article 'Prague meeting focuses on colliders and cosmic rays'
Prague meeting focuses on colliders and cosmic rays
The C2CR meeting in Prague targeted the interface between cosmic-ray physics and the current and future results from accelerators and colliders.
Read article 'Accelerator Physics 2nd edition'
Accelerator Physics 2nd edition
Intended for use as a graduate or senior undergraduate text in accelerator physics and science, this book can also be used as preparatory material for graduate accelerator-physics students.
Read article 'Last major component installed at CNGS'
Last major component installed at CNGS
The magnetic system that focuses the beam of particles arising from the graphite target of the CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso project (CNGS) has been installed in its final position in the tunnel.
