Read article 'Major milestone for ‘mighty magnet’ as it goes the distance'
The LHC is not yet up and running, but already physicists and engineers in Europe, Japan and the US are working towards upgrades for the machine.
Read article 'IHEP and CERN collaborate well on beam-loss monitors'
The LHC beam-loss monitoring (BLM) system is the key to protecting the machine against dangerous beam "losses" of this kind.
Read article 'First phase of BEPCII complete'
The first phase of commissioning BEPCII, the major upgrade of the Beijing Electron–Positron Collider (BEPC) came to a successful conclusion on 3 August, when the beam current reached 500 mA at 1.8...
Read article 'Electron cooling: challenges at RHIC'
Ways to increase physics potential and luminosity at Brookhaven's collider.
Read article 'KEK achieves first operation of crab cavities'
A team of accelerator physicists at KEK has achieved effective head-on collisions of electrons and positrons while retaining the crossing angle. They accomplished this at the KEKB collider using new d...
Read article 'First LHC sector and inner triplets pass the latest tests'
On 13 July, an inner triplet assembly of quadrupole magnets successfully completed a pressure test in the LHC tunnel, after installation of metal cartridges to reinforce internal support structures t...
Read article 'Heavy-ion workshop looks to the future'
Physicists meeting in Finland warm up for heavy-ion physics at the LHC.
Read article 'CERN announces new date for LHC start-up…'
Speaking at the 142nd session of the CERN Council on 22 June, CERN’s director-general, Robert Aymar, announced that the LHC will start up in May 2008, taking the first steps towards studying physic...
Read article 'Harnessing the power of the plasma wakefield'
Chan Joshi reviews recent progress with plasma-based accelerators.
Read article 'LHC magnet tests: the Indian connection'
Vinod Chohan looks back at the results of a unique collaboration.
