Read article 'Site announced for new X-ray free-electron laser'
At a press conference on 29 October, DESY announced that the new X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) is to be built in the German federal states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.
Read article 'Heavy feet arrive for the LHC…'
The first 800 jacks for one sector of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have arrived at CERN from India in recent weeks.
Read article '…while correction coils proceed at full speed'
The 1000th correction coil made in India for the LHC was handed over at a ceremony at the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in Mumbai at the end of September.
Read article 'Solving cross-section challenges at the LHC'
A small workshop held recently in Switzerland considered the challenges to be overcome before accurate cross-section measurements can be made at the LHC.
Read article 'Laser ion source heads for new life'
On 22 August the last of three Russian trucks left CERN for Moscow carrying, as a long-term loan, a laser ion source in 93 boxes with a total volume of 150 cubic meters and a weight of 42 tonnes.
Read article 'Industry delivers LHC dipole coils'
An important milestone has been passed in the manufacture of the magnets for CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Read article 'SLAC makes world’s shortest bunches'
Using the full length of the linear accelerator, as well as loops and bends in the beam, and the usually troublesome effect of the wakefield, SLAC has made the world's shortest bunches of electrons - ...
Read article 'Faster, brighter, shorter'
A proposed new facility, called LUX, will be able to combine accelerator and laser systems to study ultrafast dynamics across a wide range of sciences.
Read article 'JLab’s upgraded FEL produces first light'
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab) have produced first light from their 10 kW free-electron laser (FEL).
Read article 'Test stand for RF couplers inaugurated at Orsay'
A new test stand for radio-frequency (RF) couplers is operating at the French Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL, CNRS/IN2P3) in Orsay.
