Category: Miscellaneous
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Accelerator Report: The first stable beams of 2025, a milestone and a beginning
The LHC operations team and many other experts have been working hard to set up and validate the accelerator for safe beam operation, leading to the first stable beams for physics of 2025 on 5 May
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And they’re off! The 2025 LHC physics season gets underway
Today at 13h51, the engineer in charge of the LHC at the CERN Control Centre announced that stable beams had returned to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), marking the start of the 2025 physics data-taking campaign, the fourth year of the LHC’s third operating period (Run 3*).
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Accelerator Report: LHC protons outpacing the Easter tradition
The LHC has restarted and both beams have been circulating in the machine since 8 April, meaning that the start of the LHC beam commissioning during Easter is apparently not a constant of nature.
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Accelerator Report: The LHC commissioning is well on track, but challenges lie ahead
The first beam-based physics of 2025 has started and more will follow soon. However, some unexpected challenges will cause a small delay in the restart of the LHC.
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Accelerator Report: Recommissioning on track as the first beams progress through the complex
Accelerator Report: Recommissioning on track as the first beams progress through the complex The recommissioning of the accelerators is progressing according to schedule. Unsurprisingly, some issues have arisen, but they have been swiftly addressed by equipment experts. First physics in the PS East Area and n_TOF is scheduled to start next week. By Rende Steerenberg
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Accelerator Report: Linac4 beam commissioning is nearing completion and the PS Booster is next in line
Accelerator Report: Linac4 beam commissioning is nearing completion and the PS Booster is next in line While the first H⁻ ion beams have been accelerated up to 160 MeV in Linac4, the PS Booster is preparing for its first proton injection of 2025. By Rende Steerenberg As I write, the hardware re-commissioning of the PS
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Accelerator Report: A first step towards beam production – the Linac4 source is running again
Accelerator Report: A first step towards beam production – the Linac4 source is running again The activities of the year-end technical stop (YETS) have come to an end in the first machines of the injector complex. By Rende Steerenberg Some of you may recall that, in previous years, the Linac4 source provided a beam current
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Accelerator Report: Another exciting year ahead
Accelerator Report: Another exciting year ahead Although the much-appreciated winter break is well behind us and most of us are back at work, the accelerator complex is still in hibernation – but not for much longer By Rende Steerenberg Just as the end of a run gives us the chance to look back and reflect on
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Accelerator Report: Preparing for 2025 LHC operation and setting goals
Accelerator Report: Preparing for 2025 LHC operation and setting goals The Chamonix Workshop is in full swing, and the initial outlines of the 2025 LHC configuration and operational scenarios are beginning to take shape. By Rende Steerenberg The year-end technical stop (YETS) activities in the accelerator complex’s first machines are nearing completion, but in the
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An inflexion point for Europe’s radionuclide players!
An inflexion point for Europe’s radionuclide players! The path forward for Europe’s radiotherapy developments and where CERN-MEDICIS fits in. The use of radionuclides as a therapy and diagnosis tool can be traced back to the early 1900s. Since then, research and industry have developed heavily in Europe. In 2024, radionuclides are now common in the clinical