Read article 'First sector is closer to cool down…'
First sector is closer to cool down…
Installation of the new helium pressure-release system for the LHC is progressing well.
Read article 'First sector is closer to cool down…'
Read article '…while the injection chain sees beam again'
…while the injection chain sees beam again
On 18 March beam commissioning started in Linac 2, the first link in CERN's accelerator complex.
Read article 'LHC consolidation work proceeds apace'
LHC consolidation work proceeds apace
The consolidation campaign for the LHC, which aims to ensure a safe final commissioning and reliable running of the collider is now well under way.
Read article 'Jefferson Lab starts its 12 GeV physics upgrade'
Jefferson Lab starts its 12 GeV physics upgrade
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Virginia, has awarded four contracts as it begins a six-year construction project to upgrade...
Read article 'LHeC: novel designs for electron–quark scattering'
LHeC: novel designs for electron–quark scattering
A possible option to allow collisions with electrons at the LHC.
Read article 'CERN firms up the LHC schedule'
CERN firms up the LHC schedule
In a workshop in Chamonix on 2–6 February, members of the LHC accelerator and experimental teams, as well as CERN’s management, met to formulate a realistic timetable to have the LHC running safe...
Read article 'Protons reach the J-PARC Hadron Experimental Hall'
Protons reach the J-PARC Hadron Experimental Hall
The Main Ring at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) has reached a new milestone with the successful extraction of a proton beam to the Hadron Experimental Hall and then to the beam...
Read article '…and projects to upgrade the NSCL make excellent progress'
…and projects to upgrade the NSCL make excellent progress
Despite the winter weather, including more than 50 cm of snow in December, construction continued on the new office wing and the new experimental area for research with stopped and reaccelerated rare...
Read article 'CERN leads the way with novel beam extraction'
CERN leads the way with novel beam extraction
A more efficient technique is put through its paces.
Read article 'Mobilizing for the LHC'
Mobilizing for the LHC
Investigations following the incident in Sector 3-4 of the LHC on 19 September have confirmed that the cause was a faulty electrical connection between two magnets
