Category: 1. Project News
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Power tests of HL-LHC quadrupole
Power tests of HL-LHC quadrupole In July, the fourth short model of the Nb3Sn quadrupole for the HL-LHC interaction regions was tested in SM18, Accelerating News #26. Read more news
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D2-CCT orbit corrector test
D2-CCT orbit corrector test Today the CERN prototype 2.2 m CCT was lowered into the cluster D test cryostat. Cold testing should start next week. Read more news
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Full length prototype of an 11T dipole magnet
Full length prototype of an 11T dipole magnet The construction of the 5.5-m long 11T dipole prototype was completed in May this year after several years of intense work. Read more Read more news
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Ground-breaking ceremony for the High-Luminosity LHC
Ground-breaking ceremony for the High-Luminosity LHC The earthmovers are at work on the ATLAS site in Meyrin and at CMS in Cessy, digging the new shafts for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). Read on home.cern And : Accelerating News, Issue #25 Read more news
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World’s first crabbing of a proton beam
World’s first crabbing of a proton beam The crab cavities, used to rotate the beams of protons, have been successfully tested on 23 May – a world first. Read on home.cern Also news published in Accelerating News Issue 25 Read more news
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Crabs settled in the tunnel
Crabs settled in the tunnel CERN scientist, Giovanna Vandoni, has coordinated the recent installation of the cryomodule containing the first two prototype cavities in the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). Read more Read article in CERN Courier about the testing. Read more news
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Crab kicks for brighter collisions
Crab kicks for brighter collisions Advanced radio-frequency crab cavities are to be tested for the first time in a proton beam, a vital step towards the high-luminosity LHC upgrade, CERN Courier, Vol.58, Number 4, May 2018. Read more news
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Ensuring safer operation at higher luminosities
Ensuring safer operation at higher luminosities After several years of engineering and specification work, the efforts now move to the procurement of materials and components for the assembly of the TDIS prototype. Read more: Accelerating News, Issue #24. Read more news
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A new step towards successful MgB2 superconducting coils
A new step towards successful MgB2 superconducting coils On 7th March the INFN-LASA laboratory completed the construction and successfully tested a superconducting coil in MgB2 (Magnesium di-Boride based conductor) to be used in a high order corrector magnet. Read more: INFN-LASA laboratory and Accelerating News, Issue #24. Read more news
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The Crab Cavity teams celebrate a key milestone
The Crab Cavity teams celebrate a key milestone A festive event took place in the Globe on Wednesday 7th March to celebrate the successful completion and installation of the first cryo-module of the Crab Cavity system project and the newly prepared cryogenic test facility in the SPS. “After more than two years of restless effort,