Read article 'Heavy ions return in style'
Stable beams were declared on 27 September with an energy of 5.36 TeV per nucleon pair (compared to 5.02 TeV during Run 2) and a collision rate increased by a factor of 10 since the last heavy-ion...
Read article 'Aligning future colliders at SLAC'
A key outcome of the LCWS2023 workshop was a statement to the P5 committee supporting the timely realisation of a Higgs factory based on a linear collider.
Read article 'Towards a century of trailblazing physics'
The highly positive atmosphere of FCC Week 2023 projected a strong sense of momentum within the community.
Read article 'Record attendance at IPAC23'
The fully in-person event attracted 1660 participants from 37 countries, illustrating the need for real-life interactions in the global accelerator landscape after COVID-19.
Read article 'Electrical perturbation uproots Run 3 operations'
LHC Run 3 operations were interrupted following an electrical glitch in mid-July caused by a fallen tree.
Read article 'New horizons in SRF: beyond the HL-LHC'
Frank Gerigk, leader of CERN’s radio-frequency group, assesses progress on the SRF R&D roadmap and the exacting fabrication and performance requirements already coming into view.
Read article 'Future colliders are particle observatories'
Renaming the Future Circular Collider as the CERN International Particle Observatory would better reflect the role of colliders as general-purpose tools to do good science, argues Tevong You.
Read article 'Giorgio Brianti 1930–2023'
Giorgio Brianti, a pillar of CERN throughout his 40-year career, played a major role in the success of CERN and in particular the LEP project.
Read article 'Europe targets a user facility for plasma acceleration'
EuPRAXIA project aims to provide a practical path to new accelerator facilities and ultimately to higher beam energies.
Read article 'Back to life: LHC Run 3 recommences'
Stable beams are back at the LHC, heralding the start of a relatively short but intense physics run that is scheduled to end on 30 October.
