Read article 'New results mark progress towards polarized ion beams in laser-induced acceleration'
The field of laser-induced relativistic plasmas and, in particular, laser-driven particle acceleration, has undergone impressive progress in recent years.
Read article 'Heavy-ion synchrotron prepares for FAIR'
Elaborate alterations to the Schwerionensynchrotron (SIS) – the heavy-ion synchrotron at GSI – have finished after one year’s work.
Read article 'New recipes for stopping neutrons'
Neutrons are a common by-product of particle-accelerator operations.
Read article 'First negative-hydrogen-ion beam accelerated at Linac4'
On 14 November, a beam of negative hydrogen ions was successfully accelerated for the first time to 3 MeV in Linac4.
Read article 'HiLumi LHC design study moves towards HL-LHC'
When the CERN Council approved the updated European Strategy for Particle Physics at a special meeting in Brussels last May, it recognized the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) project as the top priority ...
Read article 'EuCARD comes to a successful end'
The EuCARD project ends with most of its ambitious objectives fulfilled.
Read article 'Fermilab gears up for an intense future'
A series of upgrades will deliver many more protons.
Read article 'Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology: Volume 5 – Applications of Superconducting Technology to Accelerators'
Christine Sutton reviews in 2013 Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology: Volume 5 – Applications of Superconducting Technology to Accelerators.
Read article 'To the terascale: catching the plasma wakefield'
Résumé Champs de sillage plasma à l’échelle du téra Il y a 30 ans, John Lawson, du Laboratoire Rutherford Appleton, menait une étude de conception concernant u...
Read article 'AWAKE: to high energies in a single leap'
Résumé AWAKE : des hautes énergies en un clin d’œil L’accélération par champ de sillage plasma entraînée par des protons pourrait permettre l’...
