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Despite the tight schedules, all machines were closed in time and first beams will be injected as scheduled
The latest issue focuses on opportunities and research challenges for next-generation accelerators, and accelerator technology education
New collimators are being installed and tested in the LHC. They will improve its protection and prepare it for higher luminosity in the HL-LHC
After two decades of design and construction, CERN’s newest accelerator, Linac4, is on its way to join the LHC injection chain
This year’s LHC performance workshop took place in Chamonix from 29 January to 1 February.
CERN recently carried out its first safety experiment in virtual reality
For 14 weeks this winter teams are carrying out maintenance and upgrade work on the LHC
Latest issue of Accelerating news now available
Now that the successful 2017 run has ended, let’s take a look back at a year full of events
The crab cavities, a new technology to brighten up the future, will play an important role in the High-Luminosity LHC
Before the LHC was shut down for the winter, the operators tested techniques under development for its successor, the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC)
New septum magnets will send the beam to the four rings of the PS Booster after the Long Shutdown 2