Read article 'Molecular sticky tape'
Molecular sticky tape
The 1998 EPS-IGA prize for outstanding work in the accelerator field was awarded to CERN’s Cris Benvenuti for “major breakthroughs in achieving ultra-high vacua in storage rings”.
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Read article 'The AUSTRON: Austria’s invitation to Europe'
The AUSTRON: Austria’s invitation to Europe
International partners are being sought for the AUSTRON, a proposal for a pulsed high-flux neutron spallation source which could provide an international research centre in central Europe. Austria ha...
Read article 'SLAC B-Factory makes progress'
SLAC B-Factory makes progress
After achieving its first electronpositron collisions this summer, the PEP-II B-Factory at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center was formally dedicated on 23 October.
Read article 'Brookhaven completes magnet production'
Brookhaven completes magnet production
A recent celebration in the assembly area at Brookhaven's RHIC Magnet Facility marked the completion of magnet production for the laboratory's RHIC Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
Read article 'Final magnet installed at Fermilab'
Final magnet installed at Fermilab
On 24 September, US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson put the finishing touches to the installation of the 366th and final 20-ton dipole magnet to steer the beams in Fermilab's new 150 GeV, 2.25 mile...
Read article 'Long hot summer'
Long hot summer
Smooth running at CERN's LEP electronpositron collider, now at 189 GeV collision energy (94.5 GeV per beam), is reflected in a fast climbing, integrated luminosity curve.
Read article 'High vacuum'
High vacuum
While the 27 km tunnel for the LEP electron–positron collider at CERN was being prepared, the Courier described non-evaporable getters used for its vacuum system.
Read article 'French green light for LHC civil engineering'
French green light for LHC civil engineering
Progress on CERN's next major particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), took another step forward recently when French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin signed the decree allowing LHC civi...
Read article 'LEP helps fill CKM matrix'
LEP helps fill CKM matrix
New evidence from CERN's Large ElectronPositron collider (LEP) sheds more light on the way quarks can transform.
Read article 'SLC perched on a high'
SLC perched on a high
The Stanford Linear Collider has generated its last Z particle unless the US government provides more money. But it crowned its act with a flourish.
