Tag: East Area

  • Accelerator Report: The LHC commissioning is well on track, but challenges lie ahead

    Accelerator Report: The LHC commissioning is well on track, but challenges lie ahead

    The first beam-based physics of 2025 has started and more will follow soon. However, some unexpected challenges will cause a small delay in the restart of the LHC

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  • Accelerator Report: A well-deserved winter break for the accelerator complex

    Accelerator Report: A well-deserved winter break for the accelerator complex

    Soon, CERN personnel will take a well-deserved winter break, just like the accelerator complex. Following a successful year, the remainder of the accelerator complex was stopped on 2 December, marking the official start of the year-end technical stop

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  • Accelerator Report: Lead ions at the heart of the accelerator complex

    Accelerator Report: Lead ions at the heart of the accelerator complex

    Lead-ion physics at the LHC and the SPS North Area is already under way and progressing well. The final lead-ion user in the PS East Area started its physics run on 13 November

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  • Accelerator Report: Preparing the LHC and its injector complex for the 2024 lead-ion run

    Accelerator Report: Preparing the LHC and its injector complex for the 2024 lead-ion run

    The physics run for the SPS North Area will start on 4 November, followed by the LHC lead-ion physics run on 6 November, and the PS East Area on 11 November

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  • With FLOTUS, aerosol precursor vapours age more quickly

    With FLOTUS, aerosol precursor vapours age more quickly

    FLOTUS is a new addition to the CLOUD experiment at CERN. By accelerating the oxidation of organic vapours before injecting them into the CLOUD chamber, FLOTUS allows more complex atmospheric phenomena to be studied

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