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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
Implementing a vision for CERN’s future
The 2020 update of the European strategy for particle physics forms the basis of CERN’s objectives for the next five years, explains Fabiola Gianotti
LS2 Report: Getting ready for the future of physics in the East Area
Upgraded beam lines will support existing and new collaborations in an environmentally savvy manner in one of CERN’s oldest facilities
Looking back on 50 years of hadron colliders
This week marks the 50th anniversary of collisions in CERN’s Intersecting Storage Rings, the first hadron collider ever built
Xcitement down under: Australia gets first X-band facility
Half of a CERN high-gradient test facility embarks on a new life at the University of Melbourne
LS2 Report: Beams circulate in the PS Booster
The PS Booster successfully received its first beams from Linac4 in December. The PSB team is now preparing the machine for acceleration
ALICE takes leap forward with major new installation
The upgraded Muon Forward Tracker, one of ALICE’s main subdetectors, was installed in the cavern in December
LS2 Report: Review of a rather unusual year
COVID-19 has undoubtedly had an impact on the activities and schedule of LS2. Nevertheless, the accelerators are now starting up again
SPS key back in the hands of the Operations group
After the PS, it is now time for the SPS to return to the Operations group’s hands. Beam commissioning in the accelerator is scheduled for 12 April 2021
New schedule for CERN’s accelerators and experiments
The schedule for the current long shutdown (LS2) has had to be modified due to the COVID-19 pandemic