Accelerator

‘Career changing’: CERN Accelerator School holds successful first course for mechanical and materials engineers

The 85 participants gained theoretical and hands-on experience of working on particle accelerator technologies

Issue 48
19 September, 2024

Bridging research and industry: The Accelerator Science and Technology Industry Permanent Forum

A newly established forum aims to better align the priorities of research institutions and industry, including in the particle accelerator area.

Issue 48
18 September, 2024

€1M innovation fund for sustainable accelerators

Laser-plasma technology, additive manufacturing, high-temperature superconductors and other innovations have strong potential to reduce the footprint of particle accelerators.

Issue 47
08 May, 2024

Unleashing the Power of CAS Courses

Over the last decades, the learning path of an accelerator scientist has evolved. Two CERN group leaders tell us how CAS Courses are proving invaluable.

Issue 47
07 May, 2024

Muon g-2 experiment blurs distinction between accelerator and particle physics

Importance of accelerator science and detailed knowledge about the beam dynamics for the breakthrough Muon g-2 experiment.

Issue 45
18 September, 2023

Simon van der Meer Early Career Award in Novel Accelerators

Sponsored by the European Network for Novel Accelerators, the Simon van der Meer Award recognises outstanding early career contributions (theoretical, experimental, computational or technical) in novel accelerator science

Issue 43
11 April, 2023

Multiple energy recycling in a linear accelerator

Through ingenious kinetic energy recycling in combination with a multi-turn acceleration concept, electric power can be saved while, at the same time, high-power particle beams can be provided.

Issue 43
14 March, 2023

Beam Gas Curtain installed in the Large Hadron Collider

Non-invasive beam profile monitor using supersonic gas jet furthers our understanding of the beam dynamics and supports new discoveries.

Issue 43
14 March, 2023

Webinar - Gamma Factory — a tool-driven revolution?

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There exists an enormous, but rather hidden, potential of the existing CERN accelerator infrastructure to conduct new research programs in a very broad domain of science with novel, unprecedented-quality tools. This potential needs to be explored to assure the prominent place of CERN -- as the

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23 March, 2023

Webinar - Gamma Factory — a tool-driven revolution?

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23 March, 2023

Advanced accelerator concepts event brings the community back together

Organised this September, a special topics workshop was an opportunity to discuss the international landscape of novel accelerators

Issue 42
15 December, 2022