Category: Miscellaneous
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Read the 10th HiLumi LHC annual newsletter!
The 10th edition of the annual newsletter has been released. Read it here! Since the last issue, impressive milestones have been reached across the collaboration, with production progress becoming ever more vital as we transition to the deployment phase in Long Shutdown 3. Read overviews of project status and evolution of collaborations of the past…
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Rebuilding a Critical Technology: How CERN is Preparing the Next Generation of Beryllium Vacuum Chambers
The discontinuation in 2023 of the last industrial supplier of beryllium vacuum chambers created a critical gap for high-energy physics. These ultra-thin components, installed at the interaction points of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC),
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Major HVAC Upgrade Enhances Safety in the ISOLDE Primary Areas
Following a review of fire and radiation safety conducted within the framework of the FIRIA project, an upgrade focused on modernizing HVAC installations serving the ISOLDE primary areas has now been successfully completed.
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CERN strengthens power-quality monitoring within the RF2.0 sustainability project
As research infrastructures across Europe seek to reduce their environmental footprint while maintaining reliable operation, CERN is playing a key role in the Horizon Europe project RF2.0, Research Facility 2.0. The initiative aims to make particle accelerators and other energy-intensive facilities more sustainable, flexible and energy-efficient
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The world’s first high-temperature superconducting canted-cosine-theta sextupole comes to life
The world’s first high-temperature superconducting (HTS) canted-cosing-theta (CCT) sextupole now exists and has been successfully tested at cryogenic temperatures at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland.
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EPITA project to spur innovative new accelerator technologies launches at CERN
EPITA project to spur innovative new accelerator technologies launches at CERN A new multi-year accelerator technology projects gets underway By Thomas Brent The EU-funded EPITA project officially launched this week with a two-day kick-off event hosted at CERN, the coordinating institution. Funded through Horizon Europe’s Research Infrastructures programme, the project will develop innovative technologies to
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The start of the LS3 in the LHC
For the injectors, the transition from operation mode to LS3 will take place on 31st August. Note that the dismantling of the CNGS Target Area and the replacement of the ISOLDE beam dumps, two LS3 projects are already well underway since 2025, June and December respectively.
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CERN leads project to make EU scientific data more accessible
Sharing research data openly is transforming science, but it comes with challenges. Since 2021, EU-funded projects have been required to make their data FAIR: findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.
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Accelerator Report: An important upgrade to the PS radiofrequency system and a heavy‑ion run in full swing
In a particle accelerator, radiofrequency (RF) systems are among the crucial components that make beam production possible. While magnets guide the particles around the ring, RF systems provide the beam with its longitudinal structure: they accelerate it, keep it captured in bunches, shape it, split it, rotate it and ensure synchronisation for transfer to the…
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Accelerator Report: From protons to ions – the LHC and its injectors prepare for the Run 3 finale
At 6 a.m. on 19 May, the LHC Run 3 proton physics programme officially came to an end. Thanks to the excellent performance and availability of both the LHC and its injector chain, this year’s integrated luminosity surpassed all expectations, with all four main LHC experiments recording values well above the original projections (fig. 1).