Read article 'REX-ISOLDE accelerates the first isomeric beams'
CERN's REX-ISOLDE facility has opened up a new avenue for nuclear investigations by accelerating isomeric beams for the first time, as Georgi Georgiev explains.
Read article 'High pT Physics at Hadron Colliders'
Allan Clark reviews in 2005 High pT Physics at Hadron Colliders.
Read article 'LHC project passes several milestones'
Progress on the construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has passed several important milestones in recent weeks.
Read article 'H-jet measures beam polarization at RHIC'
The RHIC accelerator collides 100 GeV polarized protons head-on to study the contribution of gluons to the proton spin. But how is the degree of polarization of the beam known? Willy Haeberli explain...
Read article 'Symposium previews the future of hadron colliders'
The HCP2005 Symposium, held in the Swiss Alps, discussed the latest results from the Tevatron and the prospect that the LHC will open new scientific frontiers.
Read article 'Fermilab’s Recycler beams take electron cooling to new heights'
After 10 years of preparation, a team at Fermilab has achieved electron cooling at high energy.
Read article 'Conference brings Einstein to Tennessee'
This year's major accelerator conference covered impressive progress in the field, and featured events celebrating the World Year of Physics. Norbert Holtkamp reports.
Read article 'Berkeley plans CIRCE to fill the terahertz gap'
A machine has been proposed at Berkeley that would provide radiation at terahertz frequencies, a valuable source for research.
Read article 'LHC cryogenic unit keeps its cool'
The cryogenic system for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN reached a major milestone on 7 April by achieving operation of the unit at Point 8 at its nominal temperature of 1.8 K.
Read article 'Energy-recovering linacs begin maturing'
The ERL2005 Workshop at Jefferson Lab in March - the first of its kind - reviewed an innovative use of electron linacs in light sources and, potentially, particle colliders.
