Read article 'Leader of the PAC'
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.
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Read article 'HERA strikes it RICHER'
HERA strikes it RICHER
The article "HERA strikes it RICH" in the November 1998 issue described the first rings seen in the Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) being commissioned for the HERA-B experiment at the HERA electronpro...
Read article 'Superconducting dipole magnet consortium'
Superconducting dipole magnet consortium
Two of the initial firms supplying superconducting dipole magnets for CERN's LHC proton collider Noell of Würzburg, Germany, and Ansaldo of Genoa, Italy have joined forces.
Read article 'Model magnet for CERN’s LHC reaches 250 T/m in Japan'
Model magnet for CERN’s LHC reaches 250 T/m in Japan
Special superconducting quadrupole magnets for squeezing the beams at CERN's LHC collider have been successfully developed at the Japanese KEK laboratory as part of the LHC co-operation programme betw...
Read article 'Linear collider physics: the next challenge'
Linear collider physics: the next challenge
While CERN's LHC proton collider is the world's major particle physics project, other avenues of research could yield complementary studies. Here, David Miller looks at the possibilities for a linea...
Read article 'ISAC produces first ion beam at TRIUMF'
ISAC produces first ion beam at TRIUMF
On 30 November 1998 the new ISAC facility at the Canadian TRIUMF laboratory in Vancouver produced its first ion beam with short-lived exotic isotopes.
Read article 'The sun sets on SATURNE'
The sun sets on SATURNE
After a 40-year career, first as a weak focusing machine and then rebuilt with strong focusing, the French SATURNE synchrotron has exited the physics stage.
Read article 'SLAC B-Factory comes up to speed'
SLAC B-Factory comes up to speed
Shortly after the dedication of the PEP-II B-Factory at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre on 26 October, a team led by John Seeman resumed the task of commissioning the new electronpositron co...
Read article 'A cold start for LHC'
A cold start for LHC
Spearheading the construction effort for CERN's LHC collider is the groundwork for the 1232 superconducting dipole magnets, to be cooled by superfluid helium at 1.9K. Material procurement and tooling...
Read article 'Exploring new trends in electron cooling'
Exploring new trends in electron cooling
The invention and development of electron cooling by Gersh Budker's team in Novosibirsk in the late 1960s and early 1970s set physics on a new route to discovery. Electron cooling has become crucial f...
