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.
Read article 'Snapshot of high-energy accelerator progress'
A major event in the international accelerator calendar is the triennial International Conference on High Energy Accelerators. The seventeeth such event, which was held recently in Dubna, Russia, p...
Read article 'Ending the century on a century'
During the current shutdown, CERN's LEP electronpositron collider is undergoing a major overhaul and is also being fitted with even more superconducting radiofrequency accelerating cavities, in or...
Read article 'Yerevan synchrotron is back in action'
fter seven years of inactivity owing to difficult economic conditions, the electron synchrotron in Yerevan, Armenia, is in operational again.
Read article 'Ready for the Bs'
In February, physicists at SLAC, Stanford, successfully finished commissioning the PEP-II B-factory.
Read article 'Leader of the PAC'
his years's Particle Accelerator Conference in New York City on 29 March - 2 April included news from several major new machines that are beginning to flex their muscles.
