Read article 'Protons on the doorstep of the LHC'
The first of the two new beam transfer lines to the LHC was successfully commissioned in autumn 2004. At the first attempt a low-intensity proton beam passed down the line to a few metres before the L...
Read article 'LHC must keep to 2007 start-up'
At the 131st session of Council on 17 December, CERN's director-general Robert Aymar confirmed that the organization's top priority is to maintain the goal of starting up the Large Hadron Collider (LH...
Read article 'Spin-flipping crosses the Atlantic'
After the venerable Cooler Ring at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF) passed on to accelerator heaven in autumn 2002, the polarized beam team, led by Alan Krisch, crossed the Atlantic to...
Read article 'ISOLDE goes from strength to strength'
In 1964 CERN took the initiative to develop the means for studying short-lived nuclei. Forty years on, ISOLDE continues to be a world-leading facility for research with radioactive beams.
Read article 'CEBAF set to double energy'
Jefferson Lab is aiming to further studies of strongly interacting matter by upgrading the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility to 12 GeV and adding a fourth experimental hall. Steven Cornel...
Read article 'Jefferson Lab’s journey into the nucleus'
Experiments at the boundary of nuclear physics and particle physics are providing a clearer view of the nucleus in terms of the basic quarks and gluons, as Douglas Higinbotham describes.
Read article 'Laser-driven plasma waves deliver the best beams so far'
Three teams, in the UK, the US and France, have reported breakthroughs in the laser-driven plasma acceleration of electrons.
Read article 'Preparing for physics at J-PARC'
Participants at a recent workshop discussed future physics and management issues at the J-PARC facility, which is now under construction in Japan.
Read article 'Cold technology for future linear collider'
The International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) has accepted that superconducting technology should be used for a future electron-positron linear collider in the energy range 0.5 to 1.0 TeV...
Read article 'HERA gets set to demonstrate its full potential'
It has been a long and hard struggle to get HERA back into successful operation after a challenging upgrade in 2000 and 2001.
