Linac 4

Linear accelerator 4 (Linear 4) is designed to boost negative hydrogen ions to high energies. It is scheduled to become the source of proton beams for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) after the long shutdown in 2017-18. 

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The very model of a modern pi-mode structure

The first new PI-Mode Structure (PIMS) cavity for Linac 4 is under assembly at CERN

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Engineering
03 March, 2014

The very model of a modern pi-mode structure

Engineering
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03 March, 2014

First H- beam at Linac 4: 3 MeV done, 157 MeV to go

On 14 November, the first H- beam was accelerated to the energy of 3 MeV in Linac 4

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Accelerators
25 November, 2013

First H- beam at Linac 4: 3 MeV done, 157 MeV...

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25 November, 2013

Linac 4 accelerates its first beam

This month a beam of negative hydrogen ions was injected into the first accelerator module of Linac 4

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Accelerators
25 March, 2013

Linac 4 accelerates its first beam

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25 March, 2013