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Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex gears up for action after the yearly winter maintenance break

The first beams are already circulating in the Linac4 and PS Booster and should reach the LHC on 11 March. A new physics run is about to begin!

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Accelerators
15 February, 2024
Accelerators
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15 February, 2024

CERN Council reviews progress of feasibility study for a next-generation collider

At its half-way mark, a study investigating the feasibility of a 91-kilometre Future Circular Collider to potentially follow the Large Hadron Collider at CERN shows significant progress

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Accelerators
13 February, 2024
Accelerators
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13 February, 2024

Chamonix: building on success, planning for the future

Highlights from this year’s Chamonix workshop, including the crucial role that the injectors play in shaping future research endeavours

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Accelerators
12 February, 2024
Accelerators
Opinion
12 February, 2024

HiLumi News: protecting the components of CERN’s future accelerator

The collimation system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which protects the accelerator’s components, needs an upgrade to be able to handle the performance of CERN’s future accelerator

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Accelerators
31 January, 2024
Accelerators
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31 January, 2024

HiLumi News: cool kickers for the HL-LHC

Successful tests of the first “MKI-Cool” show that these new kicker magnets can take the heat and keep their cool with high-luminosity beams

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Accelerators
31 January, 2024
Accelerators
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31 January, 2024

Hi-Lumi News: First magnet from the US Accelerator Upgrade Project shipped to CERN

Watch a timelapse of the unboxing of the first of ten cryo-assemblies from the US to be installed in the HL-LHC interaction regions

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Accelerators
18 December, 2023
Accelerators
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18 December, 2023

Looking back on an eventful year for accelerators

Accelerator highlights, challenges and successes in 2023

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Accelerators
07 December, 2023
Accelerators
Opinion
07 December, 2023

HiLumi News: Successful test paves the way for magnet production at CERN

Engineers have successfully tested an improved design of a quadrupole magnet manufactured at CERN, confirming that niobium–tin technology is viable for accelerator magnets

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Accelerators
05 December, 2023
Accelerators
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05 December, 2023

Accelerator Report: Exploring performance potential for future benefit

The year-end technical stop (YETS) officially started on 30 October, with promising performance tests in Linac4. The injection of the first 2024 LHC beam is scheduled for 11 March 2024

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Accelerators
09 November, 2023
Accelerators
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09 November, 2023

Accelerator Report: Ending the 2023 run with a quench

Another few days and the last 2023 LHC beams will be dumped, hopefully by the machine protection system following a controlled magnet quench

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Accelerators
26 October, 2023
Accelerators
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26 October, 2023