Category: 1. Project News

  • The RCSM in MgB2 successfully tested at INFN-LASA

    The RCSM in MgB2 successfully tested at INFN-LASA In Accelerating News In September, the Superconducting Magnet Team at INFN-LASA completed the assembly and test of the so called “Round Coil Superferric Magnet” (RCSM) corrector. Read in Accelerating News Read more news

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  • Electron Lens Test Stand at CERN

    Electron Lens Test Stand at CERN At CERN, an option of installing Hollow Electron Lenses for HL-LHC is being studied. Full details in Accelerating News | Issue #28. Read more news

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  • P8 towards HL-LHC thanks to a new absorber

    P8 towards HL-LHC thanks to a new absorber The newly installed TANB absorbers (1 per side) will minimise the heat load on the D2 magnets to values well below the quench level and prepare Point 8 to the High Luminosity era, possibly also compatible with future LHCb upgrades. Full details in Accelerating News | Issue #30.

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  • Installing high luminosity in the tunnel

    Installing high luminosity in the tunnel The first definitive component of the High-Luminosity LHC, an absorber designed to protect the machine, has been installed in the LHC, CERN Updates. Read more news

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  • High-Luminosity LHC: diggers at work 100 metres underground

    High-Luminosity LHC: diggers at work 100 metres underground One hundred metres underground, excavation work is under way for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider project. CERN Bulletin , phys.org Video Read more news

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  • A novel composite for HL-LHC collimators

    A novel composite for HL-LHC collimators The production of MoGr blocks for the HL-LHC collimators is a challenging task. Full details in Accelerating News | Issue #29. Read more news

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  • Promising second mock-up coil for the MQYY magnet

    Promising second mock-up coil for the MQYY magnet Second mock-up coil for the MQYY magnet after winding and polymerization. A promising achievement from Elytt Energy, as part of Phase 3 of the QUACO project. Read more news

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  • Successful tests of a cooler way to transport electricity

    Successful tests of a cooler way to transport electricity Tests being carried out on the superconducting power line.- CERN News Read more news

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  • A new JTT shielding adapting ATLAS to Hilumi configuration

    A new JTT shielding adapting ATLAS to Hilumi configuration For the HL-LHC Collider-Experiment Interface Work Package, their LS3 started last January with the manoeuvres to remove the ATLAS end cup toroid (JTT) shielding (Image: F. Sanchez Galan, CERN). Full details in Accelerating News | Issue #28 Read more news

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  • The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider | Nature Review

    The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider | Nature Review Article written by Oliver Brüning and Lucio Rossi and published online by Nature Reviews Physics (2019) on 18 March 2019. A read online version is available for those without a subscription here Read more news

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