Linac 4

Linear accelerator 4 (Linear 4) is designed to boost negative hydrogen ions to high energies. It is scheduled to become the source of proton beams for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) after the long shutdown in 2017-18. 

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Linac4 crosses the 100 MeV threshold

The new linear accelerator, which from 2020 will be the first link in the accelerator chain, has entered a new stage of its commissioning

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Accelerators
08 July, 2016
Accelerators
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08 July, 2016

Release the beams! Linac 4 hits the 50 MeV mark

Linac 4 now reaching milestone energy of 50MeV to act as replacement for ageing Linac2, before taking over at head of accelerator chain in 2020

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Accelerators
26 November, 2015
Accelerators
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26 November, 2015

Linac4 Drift Tube Linac under assembly

After years of design, prototyping and manufacturing, the Linac4 Drift Tube Linac is being assembled at CERN

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Accelerators
13 May, 2014
Accelerators
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13 May, 2014

The very model of a modern pi-mode structure

The first new PI-Mode Structure (PIMS) cavity for Linac 4 is under assembly at CERN

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Engineering
03 March, 2014
Engineering
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03 March, 2014

First H- beam at Linac 4: 3 MeV done, 157 MeV to go

On 14 November, the first H- beam was accelerated to the energy of 3 MeV in Linac 4

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Accelerators
25 November, 2013
Accelerators
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25 November, 2013

Linac 4 accelerates its first beam

This month a beam of negative hydrogen ions was injected into the first accelerator module of Linac 4

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Accelerators
25 March, 2013
Accelerators
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25 March, 2013