Tag: BE
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First HL-LHC Beam Position Monitor ready for installation
First HL-LHC Beam Position Monitor ready for installation By Emma Quinn, Gerhard Schneider and Michal Krupa (CERN) This May, the first Beam Position Monitor (BPM) for the HL-LHC finished its in-house production in the CERN ateliers. The BPM is now ready for assembly with the new beam screen and will be installed in the first…
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FCC Week: Key takeaways from conference on CERN’s proposed future circular collider
FCC Week: Key takeaways from conference on CERN’s proposed future circular collider The Vienna event covered a range of topics, from advancements in superconducting radiofrequency systems, to the FCC project’s growing international network and public engagement By Panos Charitos (CERN) & Frank Zimmermann (CERN) A one-week conference dedicated to CERN’s proposed Future Circular Collider (FCC) has brought together…
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Work underway at CERN test stand to adapt pre-injector accelerator technologies for medical and societal uses
Work underway at CERN test stand to adapt pre-injector accelerator technologies for medical and societal uses A team from around Europe is working on projects linked to using compact particle accelerators for applications such as cancer therapy and art diagnostics By Amedeo Habsburg (CERN) Tucked away in an unassuming bunker at the CERN site that…
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Key technologies to shape the future of accelerators presented at I.FAST annual meeting
Key technologies to shape the future of accelerators presented at I.FAST annual meeting The Prague meeting was a chance to reflect on the work carried out over the past four years, as well as look ahead to new detector advancements on the horizon By Thomas Brent (CERN) Several key developments in particle accelerator science that…
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New RF Springs for HL-LHC double-beam collimators
New RF Springs for HL-LHC double-beam collimators By Lucas Hermida Pena (CERN) Collimators are Beam Interaction Devices (BIDs) designed to remove stray particles from the beam bunches which could damage sensitive equipment. Recently, two fully functional prototype double-beam collimators were fitted with new radiofrequency springs and then installed onto the assembly mock-up. In the current…
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Accelerator Report: The LHC reached 1200 bunches per beam – full intensity is in sight!
Accelerator Report: The LHC reached 1200 bunches per beam – full intensity is in sight! On 19 May, the LHC reached 1200 bunches per beam, a level that is considered meaningful for physics. The full intensity of 2460 bunches per beam could be achieved before the end of the week. By Rende Steerenberg The reconfiguration of…
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TWOCRYST: A Proof-of-Principle Experiment for Crystal-Based EDM/MDM Measurements of Charm Baryons
TWOCRYST: A Proof-of-Principle Experiment for Crystal-Based EDM/MDM Measurements of Charm Baryons by Pascal Hermes, on behalf of the TWOCRYST Collaboration TWOCRYST is entering its final phase of preparation at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Its goal is to demonstrate a novel method for studying the electric and magnetic dipole moments (EDM/MDM) of extremely short-lived…
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Accelerator Report: The first stable beams of 2025, a milestone and a beginning
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 By Rende Steerenberg Declaring first stable beams marks…
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And they’re off! The 2025 LHC physics season gets underway
And they’re off! The 2025 LHC physics season gets underway “Stable” particle beams are back in the LHC machine, marking the start of the 2025 physics data-taking campaign By Anaïs Schaeffer 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),…
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Shaping the Future of Particle Physics: FCC Week 2025 Comes to Vienna
Shaping the Future of Particle Physics: FCC Week 2025 Comes to Vienna 19-23 MAY – FCC WEEK 2025 – HOFBURG VIENNA The eleventh edition of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) Conference is set to take place from 19 to 23 May 2025, in the majestic Vienna Imperial Palace (Wiener Hofburg). This highly anticipated event will be the first major international…