Category: Accelerators

  • Vittorio Giorgio Vaccaro (1941 – 2023)

    Vittorio Giorgio Vaccaro (1941 – 2023)

    Vittorio Giorgio Vaccaro(1941 – 2023) — Accelerator physicist Vittorio Giorgio Vaccaro passed away on 11 February 2023 in his hometown of Naples, Italy, after a short illness. Vittorio graduated in 1965 from the University of Naples Federico II. He soon moved to CERN as a fellow, where he remained from 1966 to 1969, contributing to

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  • Accelerator Report: Beam is back in the LHC

    Accelerator Report: Beam is back in the LHC

    On Wednesday 22 March, the LHC machine, the injection beam lines and all the experiments were closed for the cold check-out of the LHC, an important phase in the commissioning that follows the hardware tests and is a prerequisite for injecting beam into the machine. During this phase, all safety and interlock systems are activated

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  • Kicking off

    Kicking off

    Following the installation of kicker magnets that are more heat resistant and their successful tests during the SPS scrubbing run, the SPS is getting ready for High-Luminosity LHC operation.

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  • A spring awakening: CERN’s accelerators gear up for 2023

    A spring awakening: CERN’s accelerators gear up for 2023

    Following the winter shutdown, the injectors and accelerators are preparing for the 2023 data-taking season

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  • A spring awakening: CERN’s accelerators gear up for 2023

    A spring awakening: CERN’s accelerators gear up for 2023

    Following the winter shutdown, the injectors and accelerators are preparing for the 2023 data-taking season

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  • Accelerator Report: Preparing for the upcoming LHC restart

    Accelerator Report: Preparing for the upcoming LHC restart

    With the progressive recommissioning of the injectors – including, now, the SPS – the various types of beam are being set up and are gradually reaching the downstream accelerators

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  • HiLumi News: New CERN niobium–tin magnet energises the HL-LHC programme

    HiLumi News: New CERN niobium–tin magnet energises the HL-LHC programme

    A second 7.2-metre-long HL-LHC triplet quadrupole has reached the currents needed for 7 TeV operation, with higher performances

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  • Beam Gas Curtain: a new instrument for LHC Run 3

    Beam Gas Curtain: a new instrument for LHC Run 3

    A High-Luminosity LHC instrument known as the Beam Gas Curtain will be tested and start collecting data during Run 3

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  • Beam Gas Curtain: a new instrument for LHC Run 3

    Beam Gas Curtain: a new instrument for LHC Run 3

    A High-Luminosity LHC instrument known as the Beam Gas Curtain will be tested and start collecting data during Run 3

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  • Accelerator Report: The CERN accelerator complex is awakening from hibernation

    Accelerator Report: The CERN accelerator complex is awakening from hibernation

    The last LHC beam of 2022 was dumped in the early morning of Monday, 28 November; 17 weeks later, on Monday, 27 March 2023, we plan to inject the first beam of the year into the LHC

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