Author: Rende Steerenberg
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Accelerator Report: No summer holidays for the accelerator complex
CERN’s accelerators show very good availability rates: beams are in place
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Accelerator Report: Technical stops always hold a few surprises
Restarting the entire accelerator complex after a technical stop is rarely seamless and often comes with unexpected technical challenges
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Accelerator Report: Setting the stage for a productive summer
We are optimistic that we will have a successful luminosity production period this summer
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Accelerator Report: Exploring potential performance increases
The LHC injector chain has been switched to a new beam production scheme to explore its potential to produce more collisions in the LHC and to compare its performance to that of the standard LHC beam
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Accelerator Report: Already a fifth of the way there
The LHC is performing well and the injector complex is treating its experimental users to a high level of beam availability
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Accelerator Report: Keeping cool and adapting to challenges
In the last two weeks, the LHC teams have encountered two main challenges that have led to some changes to the filling scheme
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Accelerator Report: The LHC is well ahead of schedule
Almost the whole accelerator complex is now in “physics mode”, routinely delivering the various types of beam to the different physics facilities and experiments. Notably, the intensity ramp-up in the LHC is progressing remarkably well
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Accelerator Report: Protons or Easter eggs? Let’s hope for both
Beam commissioning is progressing well across the entire accelerator complex, but challenges have arisen, in particular in Linac4, highlighting the complexities involved
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Accelerator Report: Beams are circulating in the LHC
On 8 March, three days ahead of schedule, the first proton beam was injected into the LHC, kicking off the 2024 LHC beam commissioning
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Accelerator Report: Advancing smoothly through recommissioning and overcoming challenges
The injection of the first protons into the LHC is scheduled for 11 March, but could be brought forward by a few days if all goes well