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ATLAS is improving its trigger system to be able to select even more collision events with potentially interesting physics
Updates from the EuCARD, TIARA, and HiLumi projects in Issue 8 of Accelerating News. Now available online
Testing on the LHC’s replacement RF cryomodule was completed last week in SM18
The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) study is looking at silicon capacitors to help with power pulsing
When night falls over CERN, a team of X-ray experts go underground to perform tests on the Large Hadron Collider
The dismantling and extraction of a defective DFBA module from LHC Point 6, has been completed without a hitch
The time has come for CERN to start seriously considering the options for its post-LHC future
On 14 November, the first H- beam was accelerated to the energy of 3 MeV in Linac 4
Collider, a new exhibition about the LHC, opens in London this week. It will stay for 6 months before a planned international tour
Maintenance activities across the CERN site for Long Shutdown 1 are progressing well
New beam dump and shielding blocks installed at the PS Booster
At the PS, replacement of the old cooling and ventilation system, which dated back to 1957, is progressing well