Read article 'Beam returns for the start of the longest run'
In the early hours of 28 February, beam was circulating again in the LHC at the start of operations that are scheduled to continue for the next 18 to 24 months.
Read article 'ALBA’s booster accelerator in operational test'
The first operational tests of the booster accelerator for the ALBA synchrotron light source in Barcelona took place in January.
Read article 'CERN prepares for long 7 TeV run'
The Chamonix workshop, held on 25–29 January, once again proved its worth as a place where all of the stakeholders in the LHC can come together, take difficult decisions and reach a consensus on im...
Read article 'Workshop pushes proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration'
PPA09, a workshop held at CERN on proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration, has launched discussions about a first demonstration experiment using a proton beam.
Read article 'Profiting from the long view'
Andrew Hutton is Jefferson Lab’s associate-director for accelerators.
Read article 'The LHC is back: four remarkable weeks'
The moment that particle physicists – and many others – around the world had been waiting for finally arrived on 20 November 2009. Bunches of protons circulated once again round CERN’s Larg...
Read article 'NICA targets the mixed phase in hadron matter'
A look at plans for a new superconducting accelerator complex at JINR.
Read article 'BELLA will boost plasma accelerator research'
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is set to explore further the high-gradient acceleration of electron beams using ultra-short pulse lasers with the construction of a new facility – BELLA, the B...
Read article 'UK’s ALICE facility collides beams to make X-rays'
The recent success comes just one year after the facility first achieved energy recovery.
Read article 'US niobium-tin superconducting magnet reaches 200 T/m'
A focusing magnet based on niobium-tin superconductor, built by members of the US LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP), has reached the design gradient of 200 T/m.
