LEIR

The Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) receives long pulses of lead ions from Linear accelerator 3 (Linac 3) and transforms them into the short, dense bunches suitable for injection to the Large Hadron Collider

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Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex gears up for action after the yearly winter maintenance break

The first beams are already circulating in the Linac4 and PS Booster and should reach the LHC on 11 March. A new physics run is about to begin!

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Accelerators
15 February, 2024
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15 February, 2024

Accelerator Report: Getting lead ions ready for physics

In about a week, lead ions will be sent from the SPS into the LHC to collide in the accelerator’s four big experiments

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Accelerators
13 September, 2023
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13 September, 2023

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

Proposal to use CERN accelerator for biomedical research

Discussions under way for possible re-use of LEIR accelerator

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Accelerators
23 July, 2012

Could LEIR serve biomedicine?

At a recent brainstorming meeting at CERN, over 200 scientists discussed the possibility of modifying LEIR to serve the biomedical community

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Accelerators
18 July, 2012
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18 July, 2012