Category: 1. Project News
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What is currently inside B927?
What is currently inside B927? Located in Prévessin (France), building 927 is the workshop where superconducting magnets and related technologies for the HL-LHC Project are tested, i.e. where part of the WP6a activities are carried out. The equipment currently located there includes: Related photo collection: link Read more news
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DFX #1 already at CERN
DFX #1 already at CERN By Amalia Ballarino, Paul Cruickshank & Yann Leclercq on behalf of WP6A The first DFX cryostat, supplied via the STFC and CERN funded HL-LHC-UK Collaboration, was shipped from the UK on 25 March. This is a pre-series unit and a cornerstone of the so-called ‘Cold Powering prototype system test’ on the F2 test bench
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How precision measurement technology enables ground-breaking science | Analog Devices
How precision measurement technology enables ground-breaking science | Analog Devices In Analog Devices The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) under development at CERN, the European particle physics laboratory, headquartered in Switzerland, is set to become the world’s most powerful instrument for gazing into the heart of matter, the fundamental building blocks from which the universe is
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Successful installation of two new crystal primary collimators in the LHC IR7
Successful installation of two new crystal primary collimators in the LHC IR7 By Stefano Redaelli, WP5 Leader, and Mario di Castro, WP5.4 Leader On Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st, 2021, two new crystal primary collimators, called TCPCs, were successfully installed in the LHC IR7. In the TCPC, a 4 mm-long bent crystal is used as
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Crab cavities enter next phase | CERN Courier
Crab cavities enter next phase | CERN Courier By Rama Calaga in the CERN Courier Rama Calaga describes the latest progress in building the superconducting radio-frequency “crab” cavities needed to maximise the scientific output of the High-Luminosity LHC. Read in the CERN Courier Read more news
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First welded DQW series cavity for HL-LHC
First welded DQW series cavity for HL-LHC By Thomas Demaziere and Alejandro Castilla, on behalf of WP4 On 11th February, the first of the HL-series Double Quarter Wave (DQW) cavity was welded, with a frequency close to expectations. Once the last sheet metal forming and machining steps were performed on the cavity parts with outstanding precision,
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DFHX prototype validation
DFHX prototype validation By Paul Cruikshank, WP6A Deputy Leader The DFHX prototype is being validated at CERN. The innovative DFHX cryostat, which will host 19 current leads and their electrical interconnection with the MgB2 superconducting link, has been the focus of intensive activity in SMI2, where a trial assembly and vacuum leak test of the
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MQXFS4 results
MQXFS4 results By Ezio Todesco, WP3 Leader The quadrupole short model magnet (MQXFS4), that went through endurance test in 2019, was retested at the end of 2021 to measure the magnetic effect of the beam screen. In this test run, following the 11th cooldown, the magnet reached ultimate current without quench at 1.9 K and
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CSR’21 outcomes
CSR’21 outcomes By Markus Zerlauth, HL-LHC Deputy Project leader Following the 11th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting in October, CERN and the HL-LHC project had the pleasure of welcoming the CMAC members in person on the CERN site between the 8th and 10th of November for the 5th HL-LHC Cost and Schedule review. During a 3-day program of plenaries and two parallel
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Updated IT String installation and operation schedule
Updated IT String installation and operation schedule By Marta Bajko, WP16 Leader Since the liberation of the zone at the end of 2020, the WP16 team has made impressive progress in the preparation and installation of the infrastructure of what is to become the home of the HL-LHC IT String in the SM18. The IT