Proton Synchrotron Booster
LS2 Report: new components installed in the PS Booster
New injection and acceleration equipment is being installed in the PS Booster, which is in the midst of a major overhaul
LS2 Report: metamorphosis of the Booster
In the first of our series of articles on work done during LS2, we focus on the second link in the accelerator chain, the PS Booster
New magnets to feed the Proton Synchrotron Booster
New septum magnets will send the beam to the four rings of the PS Booster after the Long Shutdown 2
A new acceleration system for the PS Booster
The first of the 28 radio-frequency cavities for the PS Booster’s new acceleration system is ready
The accelerators awaken
The accelerator chain and the experiments that it serves are gradually awakening after the extended year-end technical stop (EYETS)
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
ISOLDE back on target after shutdown
Today the ISOLDE installation restarted its physics programme with beams from the Proton Synchrotron Booster
LS1 report: PS Booster prepares for beam
With Linac2 up and running, the countdown to beam in the LHC has begun: next in line is the PS Booster
Forty years of the PS Booster
The Proton Synchrotron (PS) Booster – a key accelerator in the CERN complex – is 40 years old this month