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 'The sun sets on SATURNE'
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 'EPIC developments in processing power'
EPIC developments in processing power
CERN's demanding data processing requirements provide the testbed for a new range of semiconductor chips and associated software developed jointly by industrial giants Hewlett-Packard and Intel and wh...
Read article 'ATLAS of the world'
ATLAS of the world
1800 physicists from 33 countries are participating in the ATLAS experiment, the largest detector being built for CERN's LHC collider. CERN Courier asked ATLAS Spokesperson Peter Jenni how the collab...
Read article 'Electron–positron pioneer'
Electron–positron pioneer
In 1960 Bruno Touschek gave a talk on electron-positron collisions that would change the face of physics. Last November, 20 years after his death, physicists gathered to celebrate Touschek's work.
Read article 'In retrospect: electron scattering in Amsterdam'
In retrospect: electron scattering in Amsterdam
The recent closure of the Amsterdam Pulse Stretcher marks the end of 30 years of electron accelerators in the Netherlands.
Read article 'Synchrocyclotron survivor to bow out after 50 years'
Synchrocyclotron survivor to bow out after 50 years
After 15 years in physics, Harvard University's 160 MeV machine was converted into a cancer therapy centre. Having treated over 7500 patients in the ensuing 34 years, it is being phased out after tw...
Read article 'The mysteries of cosmic rays'
The mysteries of cosmic rays
Until the advent of high-energy accelerators in the 1950s, high-energy cosmic rays were the main source of information on subnuclear particles. Now they are back in the research spotlight and unexpla...
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...
Read article 'Quarks in hadrons and nuclei'
Quarks in hadrons and nuclei
The idea of quarks as the ultimate constituents of strongly interacting particles has long been conventional dogma. Less well known, but no less important, is the role of quarks in nuclei. A recent ...
