Tag: Uppsala
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All components for the Cold Powering Systems of the HL-LHC now at CERN
At the end of October 2025, ICAS delivered to CERN the last of the ten complex MgB₂ cable assemblies needed for the Superconducting Links of the Cold Powering Systems that will be used for connecting the magnets to the power converters in the HL-LHC.
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Completion of the HL-LHC Cold Powering Collaboration Agreement with Uppsala University (DFHX and DFHM)
The Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) Superconducting Links (SC-links) of the HL-LHC Cold Powering Systems (HL-LHC Work Package 6A) terminate at their warm (20 K) end in complex cryostats, called DFHX for the Triplets and DFHM for the Matching Sections.
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12th Collaboration meeting of the HL-LHC project, finally live again!
12th Collaboration meeting of the HL-LHC project, finally live again! By Oliver Brüning and Markus Zerlauth (CERN) Following the completion of the second Long Shutdown (LS2) and the successful re-start of CERNs accelerator complex for its 3rd operational run, efforts at CERN and across the High-Luminosity collaboration are now focusing on the series production of all
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12th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting, 19 – 22 September 2022
12th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting, 19 – 22 September 2022 Following the 11th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting held in digital format in October 2021, the 12th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting will take place in Uppsala, Sweden, from 19th to 22nd September 2022, as an in-person meeting. The return to an in-person meeting was chosen after consultations with all collaboration partners
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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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Qualifying HL-LHC magnets and cavities at Uppsala University | Accelerating News
Qualifying HL-LHC magnets and cavities at Uppsala University | Accelerating News By Roger Ruber (CERN), Kevin Pepitone, and Akira Miyazaki (Uppsala University) in Accelerating News Uppsala University in Sweden has been a valuable partner to CERN since the Laboratory’s foundation. In the 1950s, Uppsala, having just constructed its own cyclotron, contributed to the development of
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7th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting, CIEMAT, Madrid, 13-16 November 2017
7th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting, CIEMAT, Madrid, 13-16 November 2017 The HL-LHC project is progressing in the construction phase. The hardware models as well as the prototypes of equipment in their final configuration are under construction or under test. In 2017, we achieved a number of key milestones. The crab cavity prototypes for the SPS tests
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6th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting in Paris on 14-16 November 2016
6th HL-LHC Collaboration Meeting in Paris on 14-16 November 2016 The HL-LHC project has now completed the transition between the Design Study phase, carried out under the umbrella of the FP7 HiLumi Design Study, and the construction phase. The time of the final prototyping validation is approaching rapidly (2017) and the recent success of a