Category: Accelerators

  • The future is just around the corner

    This week and next see a series of meetings looking at the future of CERN, and indeed of particle physics, says Director-General Rolf Heuer

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  • A mid-term report for LS1

    As the LHC’s first long shutdown, LS1, enters its second calendar year, it’s a good time for a mid-term report on how things are progressing

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  • A collaborative adventure

    There’s much to look forward to in 2014 – let’s make it another safe and successful year at CERN, says Director-General Rolf Heuer

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  • Towards the next chapter

    The time has come for CERN to start seriously considering the options for its post-LHC future

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  • LS1: “Safety, quality, schedule”

    Just as Olympic marathon runners have a motto, so the athletes of LS1 work to the mantra of “Safety, Quality, Schedule,” says Rolf Heuer

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  • Chamonix: Looking forward to 2012

    The experiments’ desiderata for the year included either discovery or exclusion of the Higgs boson

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  • Chamonix: LHC performance review kicks off

    The first day of the LHC performance workshop was devoted to a critical review of 2011, with suggestions for improvements to the beams and hardware

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  • Chamonix: Challenges for the High Luminosity LHC

    The final day of the workshop saw examination of the challenges of the High-Luminosity LHC an a look at the state of R&D for the new magnets required

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  • LHC ends 2009 run on a high note

    Geneva, 18 December 2009. At its 153rd session today, the CERN1 Council heard that the Large Hadron Collider ended its first full period of operation in style on Wednesday 16 December. Collisions at 2.36TeV recorded since last weekend have set a new world record and brought to a close a successful first run for the

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