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Millimetric precision for a Future Circular Collider
A team of CERN surveyors have performed geodetic measurements in the framework of the Future Circular Collider feasibility study
Qualifying HL-LHC magnets and cavities at Uppsala University
Uppsala University is upgrading its FREIA Laboratory, initially constructed for the ESS project, to test superconducting magnets and crab cavities for the HL-LHC
CERN Accelerator School: Introduction to Accelerator Physics | 25 September - 8 October 2021
Registration is open until 18 August for the CERN Accelerator School’s course “Introduction to Accelerator Physics”, 25 September - 8 October 2021, Chavannes de Bogis, Switzerland
The High-Luminosity LHC project takes shape at Point 1
The construction of an underground cavern at Point 1, which will house equipment for the High-Luminosity LHC, has been successfully completed
Accelerators meet gravitational waves
Physicists discuss the possibility of using particle accelerators to detect or even generate gravitational waves
Why the LHC magnets are blue – and other colourful accelerator questions answered
Are all LHC magnets blue? Who decides the colour of a magnet and on what basis? What does the small purple one do? See our answers below
The superconducting coils for the 11 T dipoles have been delivered
35 niobium–tin superconducting coils have been manufactured as part of a fruitful collaboration with the company General Electric. They will be used in the 11 T dipoles for the HL-LHC
LHC key handed back for operation
Two and a quarter years after it was delivered to the LS2 intervention teams, the key to the LHC is back in the hands of the Operations group
LS2 Report: CERN’s oldest accelerator awakens
The Proton Synchrotron accelerated its first beam on 4 March after a comprehensive two-year overhaul
LS2 Report: Making a movie of the PS beam
The new Beam Gas Ionisation beam profile monitor, installed in the Proton Synchrotron (PS) last month, will help accelerator physicists and operators gain new insights into the dynamics of the PS beams