Proton Synchrotron

The proton synchrotron is a key component in CERN’s accelerator complex, where it usually accelerates either protons delivered by the Proton Synchrotron Booster or heavy ions from the Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR). 

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60 years of the Proton Synchrotron

A colloquium on 25 November will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the PS

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Accelerators
08 November, 2019
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Announcement
08 November, 2019

LS2 Report: The PS’s magnets prepare for higher energies

Following our article on the PS Booster, we take a look at the next link in CERN’s accelerator chain: the venerable PS and its magnet system

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Accelerators
13 February, 2019
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13 February, 2019

PS in 4K

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Meet Linac4

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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

First accelerator-based physics of 2014

Experiments in the East Area received their first beams from the PS last week. Theirs is CERN's first accelerator-based physics since LS1 began

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Accelerators
21 July, 2014
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21 July, 2014

CERN announces LHC restart schedule

Cool down of the Large Hadron Collider has already begun in preparation for research to resume early in 2015

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Accelerators
23 June, 2014
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23 June, 2014

A new beam dump for the Proton Synchrotron Booster

Watch CERN engineers install a new beam dump at the Proton Synchrotron Booster

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Accelerators
11 October, 2013
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11 October, 2013

LS1 report: Across the accelerator complex

The warm-up of the first LHC sector (5-6) is now complete; it is at room temperature for the first time in over three years

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Accelerators
08 April, 2013
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08 April, 2013

Long Shutdown 1: Exciting times ahead

As the first and last proton-lead run of 2013 draws to a close, the extensive maintenance programme of the LHC's first long shutdown is about to start

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Accelerators
08 February, 2013
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08 February, 2013