SM18 is one of the largest magnet test facilities in the world. Dedicated to testing superconducting magnets and radiofrequency cavities, it is now waiting for the first HL-LHC components

The SPS accelerated its first LHC-type beam in May and is now sending beams to the North Area, where the physics season has started

The experiment successfully accelerated electrons with plasma wakefields generated by protons, a world first

The use of superconducting material has enabled the development of more powerful accelerating cavities

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

The switch - a test for a longer proton-lead run scheduled for January to February 2013 - presented numerous technical challenges

Linear accelerator 4 will deliver particles to the Proton-Synchrotron Booster at more than triple the energy the current linac achieves

Linac 4 has begun testing its RFQ module. This is the first stage of testing for the Linac 2 successor