Read article 'Climbing out of the nuclear valley'
Climbing out of the nuclear valley
With nuclear physics largely confined to a narrow band of stable isotopes, a new US machine aims to provide a wider nuclear perspective.
Read article 'Climbing out of the nuclear valley'
Read article 'Forward Physics and Luminosity Determination at the LHC'
Forward Physics and Luminosity Determination at the LHC
These are the proceedings of a workshop held in Helsinki, in 2000, which covered both theoretical and experimental aspects of the topic.
Read article 'An Introduction to Particle Accelerators'
An Introduction to Particle Accelerators
Tom Taylor reviews in 2002 An Introduction to Particle Accelerators.
Read article 'U10 proton synchrotron reaches 40'
U10 proton synchrotron reaches 40
Moscow's Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of the commissioning of its U10 proton synchrotron.
Read article 'Going into the cold: LHC systems reach an important milestone'
Going into the cold: LHC systems reach an important milestone
The technical systems for CERN's forthcoming Large Hadron Collider (LHC) reached an important milestone earlier this year with the successful commissioning of String 2 - a chain of prototype LHC magn...
Read article 'Channelling produces new sources of positrons'
Channelling produces new sources of positrons
For future electron-positron linear colliders, high-intensity electron and positron beams are needed.
Read article 'International team breaks through to maximum light amplification'
International team breaks through to maximum light amplification
In a major boost for future plans, an international team based at DESY has achieved maximum light amplification from a free-electron laser (FEL) for ultraviolet radiation.
Read article 'Table-top device makes crystalline beams'
Table-top device makes crystalline beams
A model set up at Munich’s Ludwig-Maximilians University has for the first time achieved a high level of “crystallization” of particle beams in a ring. The particles orbiting in conv...
Read article 'Experts share news of radiofrequency progress'
Experts share news of radiofrequency progress
Radiofrequency (RF) electric fields provide the motive power for high-energy accelerators.
Read article 'Cornell makes plans to alter its course'
Cornell makes plans to alter its course
Cornell University in New York managed for a long time to keep pace with major national laboratories. Experiments at Cornell provided many important contributions to the physics of B-mesons - parti...
