Tag: First beams

  • Accelerator Report: Recommissioning on track as the first beams progress through the complex

    Accelerator Report: Recommissioning on track as the first beams progress through the complex

    The recommissioning of the accelerators is progressing according to schedule. Unsurprisingly, some issues have arisen, but they have been swiftly addressed by equipment experts. First physics in the PS East Area and n_TOF is scheduled to start next week

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  • Accelerator Report: Linac4 beam commissioning is nearing completion and the PS Booster is next in line

    Accelerator Report: Linac4 beam commissioning is nearing completion and the PS Booster is next in line

    While the first H⁻ ion beams have been accelerated up to 160 MeV in Linac4, the PS Booster is preparing for its first proton injection of 2025

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  • Accelerator Report: A first step towards beam production – the Linac4 source is running again

    Accelerator Report: A first step towards beam production – the Linac4 source is running again

    The activities of the year-end technical stop (YETS) have come to an end in the first machines of the injector complex

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  • Accelerator Report: Another exciting year ahead

    Accelerator Report: Another exciting year ahead

    Although the much-appreciated winter break is well behind us and most of us are back at work, the accelerator complex is still in hibernation – but not for much longer

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  • Accelerator Report: Keeping cool and adapting to challenges

    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

    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: Beams are circulating in the LHC

    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

    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

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  • CERN’s accelerators gear up for action after the winter maintenance break

    CERN’s accelerators gear up for action after the winter maintenance break

    A new physics run is about to begin! The first particle beams should reach the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on 11 March

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  • Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex gears up for action after the yearly winter maintenance break

    Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex gears up for action after the yearly winter maintenance break

    The first beams are already circulating in the Linac4 and PS Booster and should reach the LHC on 11 March. A new physics run is about to begin!

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