accelerator

There's more to CERN than the Large Hadron Collider. A series of accelerators work together to push particles to nearly the speed of light.

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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

News
Accelerators
15 January, 2021
Accelerators
News
15 January, 2021

A new coating technique for deflecting crab cavities

A team from the Vacuum, Surfaces and Coatings group is studying a method of niobium coating by sputtering for use in future accelerators

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Engineering
04 August, 2020

Live from the accelerators on 8 June

Follow the journey taken by particles through CERN’s accelerators during a live event on Facebook and YouTube

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Physics
05 June, 2020
Physics
News
05 June, 2020

Superconducting magnets of the future in the making at CERN

The latest CERN Courier details the promises and challenges of the new superconducting magnets being developed for increasing accelerator’s energy and luminosity

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Accelerators
22 May, 2020

Lucio Rossi receives a prize from the European Physical Society

The High-Luminosity LHC project leader has been awarded the EPS-AG Rolf Widerøe Prize for his major contributions to the field of applied superconductivity for accelerators

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Accelerators
20 May, 2020

[CANCELLED] 9-13 March: Compact Linear Collider Workshop

Announcement
Physics
26 February, 2020
Physics
Announcement
26 February, 2020

Celebrating 30 years of a giant LEP for humankind

The Large Electron–Positron collider was switched on in 1989

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Accelerators
13 August, 2019
Accelerators
News
13 August, 2019

Cleaner cruises thanks to particle accelerators

Latvian tugboat provides first test-bed for new technology to clean exhausts from ships

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Knowledge sharing
07 August, 2019
Knowledge sharing
News
07 August, 2019

LS2 Report: The PS’s magnets prepare for higher energies

Following our article on the PS Booster, we take a look at the next link in CERN’s accelerator chain: the venerable PS and its magnet system

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Accelerators
13 February, 2019
Accelerators
News
13 February, 2019

New small-scale accelerator to help study heritage artworks

A collaboration with INFN will see CERN technology optimised for use in cultural-heritage projects

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Knowledge sharing
29 January, 2019
Knowledge sharing
News
29 January, 2019