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Accelerators meet gravitational waves
Physicists discuss the possibility of using particle accelerators to detect or even generate gravitational waves
Why the LHC magnets are blue – and other colourful accelerator questions answered
Are all LHC magnets blue? Who decides the colour of a magnet and on what basis? What does the small purple one do? See our answers below
The superconducting coils for the 11 T dipoles have been delivered
35 niobium–tin superconducting coils have been manufactured as part of a fruitful collaboration with the company General Electric. They will be used in the 11 T dipoles for the HL-LHC
LHC key handed back for operation
Two and a quarter years after it was delivered to the LS2 intervention teams, the key to the LHC is back in the hands of the Operations group
LS2 Report: CERN’s oldest accelerator awakens
The Proton Synchrotron accelerated its first beam on 4 March after a comprehensive two-year overhaul
LS2 Report: Making a movie of the PS beam
The new Beam Gas Ionisation beam profile monitor, installed in the Proton Synchrotron (PS) last month, will help accelerator physicists and operators gain new insights into the dynamics of the PS beams
LS2 Report: Getting ready for the future of physics in the East Area
Upgraded beam lines will support existing and new collaborations in an environmentally savvy manner in one of CERN’s oldest facilities
Looking back on 50 years of hadron colliders
This week marks the 50th anniversary of collisions in CERN’s Intersecting Storage Rings, the first hadron collider ever built
Xcitement down under: Australia gets first X-band facility
Half of a CERN high-gradient test facility embarks on a new life at the University of Melbourne
LS2 Report: Beams circulate in the PS Booster
The PS Booster successfully received its first beams from Linac4 in December. The PSB team is now preparing the machine for acceleration