Linac 3

Linear accelerator 3 (Linac 3) is the starting point for the ions used in experiments at CERN. It provides lead ions for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and for fixed-target experiments. Linac 3 is expected to be in use until at least 2022. 

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Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex gears up for action after the yearly winter maintenance break

The first beams are already circulating in the Linac4 and PS Booster and should reach the LHC on 11 March. A new physics run is about to begin!

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15 February, 2024
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15 February, 2024

Accelerator Report: Getting lead ions ready for physics

In about a week, lead ions will be sent from the SPS into the LHC to collide in the accelerator’s four big experiments

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Accelerators
13 September, 2023
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13 September, 2023

LS2 Report: Linac3 tests new equipment for higher-intensity beams

Linac3 is already producing lead-ion beams to test some crucial new equipment that could significantly increase beam intensity and quality

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Accelerators
24 November, 2020
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24 November, 2020

EYETS Report: 2017, a busy year ahead for the accelerators

As part of the EYETS activities, the Linac3 ion source was converted to a xenon ion source

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Accelerators
13 March, 2017

Linac 3 to carry argon for the first time

In preparation for a physics run in 2015, the source for Linac 3 is being adapted to carry argon ions

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Accelerators
21 March, 2013
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21 March, 2013

Heavy metal: Refilling the lead source for the LHC

Every two weeks, ion-source physicist Detlef Küchler refills the lead source for the LHC with pure lead 208

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Accelerators
04 February, 2013
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04 February, 2013

Protons smash lead ions in first LHC collisions of 2013

Accelerator team declares "stable beams" as lead ions collide with protons in first LHC physics beams of 2013

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21 January, 2013
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21 January, 2013