Read article 'Electron clouds with copper linings'
Energy loss through synchrotron radiation is the bane of circular high-energy electron accelerators, which is one reason why CERN's next accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider will be accelerating pro...
Read article 'Accelerator Physics'
Helmut Burkhardt reviews in 1999 Accelerator Physics.
Read article 'New Fermilab machine dedicated'
The world's newest particle accelerator Fermilab's 150 GeV main injector officially began its career on 1 June.
Read article 'LEP hits 100'
CERN's LEP electronpositron collider walked onto the stage for its 1999 season and, after its customary greeting at the Z resonance (45 GeV per beam), impressed the waiting audience by quickly takin...
Read article 'Accelerating power for LHC'
For CERN's new LHC proton collider, superconducting magnets will not be the only super- conducting technology in the 27 km ring.
Read article 'B-factory sees first B events'
On the morning of 26 May 1999, physicists recorded the first events in the large BaBar detector at the asymmetric B-factory at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Read article 'Precision physics progress'
CERN's LEP electronpositron collider has underlined the importance of precision measurements in particle physics.
Read article 'DAFNE and KLOE’s kaons'
The DAFNE electronpositron collider at Frascati and its KLOE detector are flexing their muscles.
Read article 'Countering the beam-beam effect'
A theme that is common to many new particle colliders is the determined push to extend the physics reach by boosting the collision rate (luminosity).
Read article 'Meetings highlight boom in accelerator developments'
New projects and important upgrades are under way in many laboratories, while technological progress and continual ingenuity augur well for the future.
