Tag: LHC Injectors Upgrade

  • Accelerator Report: Focus on luminosity production

    Accelerator Report: Focus on luminosity production

    Following the successful oxygen and neon ion runs, protons are back in the LHC, delivering luminosity at a high rate and slowly catching up with the forecast production rate. In addition, a slight increase of the bunch intensity is being considered

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  • Accelerator Report: Exploring performance potential for future benefit

    Accelerator Report: Exploring performance potential for future benefit

    The year-end technical stop (YETS) officially started on 30 October, with promising performance tests in Linac4. The injection of the first 2024 LHC beam is scheduled for 11 March 2024

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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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  • The SPS beam dump

    The SPS beam dump

    On 7 March, beams were circulated in the SPS for the first time this year. In this article, we reflect on the successful commissioning of the accelerator’s new beam dump

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  • New schedule for CERN’s accelerators and experiments

    New schedule for CERN’s accelerators and experiments

    The schedule for the current long shutdown (LS2) has had to be modified due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • The time of the LHC Injectors Upgrade project

    After years of careful preparation, the LHC’s second long shutdown, LS2, is now under way. Over the coming 18 months, the upgrade of the LHC’s injector complex will be the primary focus for technical teams across the Organization

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