Proton Synchrotron Booster

The Proton Synchrotron Booster is made up of four superimposed synchrotron rings that receive beams of proton from linear accelerator 2 at 50 MeV and accelerate them to 1.4 GeV for injection into the Proton Synchrotron

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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

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Accelerators
18 July, 2017
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18 July, 2017

The accelerators awaken

The accelerator chain and the experiments that it serves are gradually awakening after the extended year-end technical stop (EYETS)

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Accelerators
13 April, 2017
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13 April, 2017

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
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26 November, 2015

ISOLDE back on target after shutdown

Today the ISOLDE installation restarted its physics programme with beams from the Proton Synchrotron Booster

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Accelerators
01 August, 2014
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01 August, 2014

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

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Accelerators
13 May, 2014
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13 May, 2014

Forty years of the PS Booster

The Proton Synchrotron (PS) Booster – a key accelerator in the CERN complex – is 40 years old this month

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30 April, 2012
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30 April, 2012