Iva Raynova

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The new LHC protectors

New collimators are being installed and tested in the LHC. They will improve its protection and prepare it for higher luminosity in the HL-LHC

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Accelerators
27 February, 2018
Accelerators
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27 February, 2018

Collimators: the LHC’s bodyguards

The LHC shows its teeth each time protons misbehave

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Experiments
21 February, 2018
Experiments
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21 February, 2018

Odd gluon compounds may be lurking in protons

Precision results from the TOTEM experiment provide further explanation on proton-proton interactions at high energies

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Experiments
09 February, 2018
Experiments
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09 February, 2018

Annual check-up and upgrades for the injectors

Maintenance, upgrades and new equipment for the accelerator complex during the year-end technical stop

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At CERN
30 January, 2018

Long-lived physics

The CMS collaboration closes in on exotic long-lived particles that could get trapped in its detector layers

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Experiments
18 January, 2018
Experiments
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18 January, 2018

Forty years since the first PET image at CERN

Marilena Streit-Bianchi reminisces about her role in the first PET (positron-emission tomography) image taken at CERN

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Knowledge sharing
21 December, 2017
Knowledge sharing
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21 December, 2017

Crab cavities: colliding protons head-on

The crab cavities, a new technology to brighten up the future, will play an important role in the High-Luminosity LHC

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Accelerators
08 December, 2017
Accelerators
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08 December, 2017

AWAKE: Closer to a breakthrough acceleration technology

The last components of AWAKE – its electron source, electron beam line and electron spectrometer – have just been installed

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Experiments
24 November, 2017
Experiments
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24 November, 2017

New magnets to feed the Proton Synchrotron Booster

New septum magnets will send the beam to the four rings of the PS Booster after the Long Shutdown 2

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Accelerators
21 November, 2017
Accelerators
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21 November, 2017

Fire drill at two CERN buildings

A mock-up fire emergency was organised at two of CERN’s biggest office buildings

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At CERN
19 October, 2017
At CERN
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19 October, 2017

Crab cavities get into their shells

The two crab cavities have been put in their helium vessels and are currently being installed in their cryostat

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Engineering
26 September, 2017
Engineering
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26 September, 2017

GBAR’s antiproton decelerator installed

With the connection between ELENA and GBAR already in place, the commissioning of the decelerator with antiprotons is about to begin

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Physics
30 August, 2017
Physics
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30 August, 2017