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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

LHC Report: First collisions soon

On 16 March beams in the LHC reached the world-record energy of 4 TeV. Stable-beams mode is planned for 3 weeks from now

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Accelerators
06 April, 2012
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06 April, 2012

LHC physics underway at record collision energy of 8TeV

At 12.38pm CEST this morning, the LHC shift crew declared "stable beams"

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Accelerators
05 April, 2012

Trigger happy in Poland: Krakow hosts ISOTDAQ 2012

In February, Krakow hosted the third International School of Trigger and Data Acquisition (ISOTDAQ), which gives students practical TDAQ experience

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Accelerators
20 March, 2012

LHC report: Beam on

With powering tests finished, the LHC is being recommisioned to take beams in the first week of April

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Accelerators
19 March, 2012
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19 March, 2012

LHC Report: Preparing for 4 TeV

The cool-down and circuit testing in all LHC sectors restarted 3 weeks ago, and is going well

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Accelerators
20 February, 2012
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20 February, 2012

LHC to run at 4 TeV per beam in 2012

CERN's director of accelerators and technology explains the reasoning behind running at 0.5 Tev higher than in 2011

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Accelerators
13 February, 2012
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13 February, 2012

Chamonix: Looking forward to 2012

The experiments' desiderata for the year included either discovery or exclusion of the Higgs boson

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Accelerators
08 February, 2012
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08 February, 2012

Chamonix: LHC performance review kicks off

The first day of the LHC performance workshop was devoted to a critical review of 2011, with suggestions for improvements to the beams and hardware

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Accelerators
07 February, 2012
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07 February, 2012

Chamonix: Challenges for the High Luminosity LHC

The final day of the workshop saw examination of the challenges of the High-Luminosity LHC an a look at the state of R&D for the new magnets required

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Accelerators
06 February, 2012
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06 February, 2012