Tag: proton

  • Accelerator Report: The excellent 2024 LHC run ended abruptly

    Accelerator Report: The excellent 2024 LHC run ended abruptly

    The LHC was scheduled to conclude its outstanding 2024 run on 25 November, but a massive magnet quench brought it to an end two days early

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  • Accelerator Report: Ending the 2024 LHC proton run on a high note

    Accelerator Report: Ending the 2024 LHC proton run on a high note

    This year’s LHC proton run ended on 16 October, surpassing expectations with 11% more collisions than planned. Next up: the lead-ion run

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  • Accelerator Report: Exploring potential performance increases

    Accelerator Report: Exploring potential performance increases

    The LHC injector chain has been switched to a new beam production scheme to explore its potential to produce more collisions in the LHC and to compare its performance to that of the standard LHC beam

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  • Accelerator Report: SPS and LHC lead-ion physics: navigating technical hurdles for success

    Accelerator Report: SPS and LHC lead-ion physics: navigating technical hurdles for success

    On Thursday, 28 September, at 8.00 a.m., as planned, the Operations team at the SPS stopped producing proton beams for the experiments in the SPS North Area (NA). Instead, they switched over to lead-ion beams, in preparation for a month-long physics run that begins on Monday, 2 October, and will continue until 6.00 a.m. on

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  • ALICE shines light into the nucleus to probe its structure

    ALICE shines light into the nucleus to probe its structure

    New ALICE results shed light on the nature of gluonic matter at the LHC

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