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ALICE scrutinizes proton-lead run for quark-gluon plasma

The ALICE experiment will be watching the collisions closely to tease out the effects of lead ions from the effects of the plasma

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Accelerators
22 January, 2013
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22 January, 2013

LHC report: Ion Age

The LHC starts the New Year facing a new challenge: proton-lead collisions in the last month before the shutdown in mid-February

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Accelerators
21 January, 2013
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21 January, 2013

Protons smash lead ions in first LHC collisions of 2013

Accelerator team declares "stable beams" as lead ions collide with protons in first LHC physics beams of 2013

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Accelerators
21 January, 2013
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21 January, 2013

Lead-proton run: CMS prepares to receive collisions

Preparations have been progressing steadily at CMS to receive collisions between protons and lead ions

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Accelerators
18 January, 2013
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18 January, 2013

Preparing the LHC for the lead-proton run

For the last run before the two-year shutdown, the LHC is going beyond its original design specification and will collide protons with lead ions

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Accelerators
16 January, 2013
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16 January, 2013

LHC report: 25ns spacing yields record beam intensity

Record number of 2,748 proton bunches injected into the LHC giving a record beam intensity of around 2.7 x 10^14 protons in both beams

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Accelerators
18 December, 2012
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18 December, 2012

LHC run ends with 25ns bunch spacing

Remarkable first three-year LHC run crowned by a new performance milestone

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Accelerators
17 December, 2012
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17 December, 2012

"So long and thanks for all the fish"

Remarkable first three-year run of LHC comes to an end, marked by the LHC controllers with a Douglas Adams reference

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Accelerators
17 December, 2012
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17 December, 2012

LHC proton run ends with new milestone

Remarkable first three-year run of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator crowned by a new performance milestone

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Accelerators
17 December, 2012
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17 December, 2012

The Synchrocyclotron prepares for visitors

Hall 300, which houses CERN’s first accelerator, is being prepared to host a new exhibition

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Accelerators
14 December, 2012
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14 December, 2012