Read article 'The challenge of the LHC'
The challenge of the LHC
The Large Hadron Collider project has had to overcome challenges at every stage. Lyn Evans focuses on the three phases of approval, construction and operation.
Read article 'The challenge of the LHC'
Read article 'LHC dipole production begins to take off'
LHC dipole production begins to take off
By early December 2003 CERN had taken delivery of 154 superconducting dipole magnets - enough for the first octant of the LHC. This indicates that industrial production is now both on course and in fu...
Read article 'LHC interconnections: searching for reliability'
LHC interconnections: searching for reliability
The reliability of the LHC will depend not only on the superconducting magnets but also on the interconnections between magnetic sections, as Blazej Skoczen explains.
Read article 'Hurricane Isabel gives accelerators a severe test'
Hurricane Isabel gives accelerators a severe test
Swapan Chattopadhyay reports on the recovery of Jefferson Lab's superconducting linear accelerators in the wake of Hurricane Isabel last September.
Read article 'Cool times ahead for muons at Fermilab'
Cool times ahead for muons at Fermilab
The Neutrino Factory and Muon Collider Collaboration - or Muon Collaboration for short - has finished constructing the MuCool Test Area at Fermilab.
Read article 'Site announced for new X-ray free-electron laser'
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…'
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'
…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'
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'
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.
