Super Proton Synchrotron

At 7 kilometres in circumference, the Super Proton Synchrotron is the second-largest machine in CERN’s accelerator complex. It provides a stepping stone between the Proton Synchrotron and the Large Hadron Collider.

30 results

The 1980s: spurring collaboration

Former CERN Director-General Herwig Schopper recalls a decade of growth at CERN

Opinion
Accelerators
16 April, 2014

The 1980s: spurring collaboration

Accelerators
Opinion
16 April, 2014

High-powered manoeuvres

This week, CERN received the latest new transformers for the Super Proton Synchroton

News
At CERN
23 April, 2013

High-powered manoeuvres

At CERN
News
23 April, 2013

LS1 report: Across the accelerator complex

The warm-up of the first LHC sector (5-6) is now complete; it is at room temperature for the first time in over three years

News
Accelerators
08 April, 2013

LS1 report: Across the accelerator complex

Accelerators
News
08 April, 2013

Long Shutdown 1: Exciting times ahead

As the first and last proton-lead run of 2013 draws to a close, the extensive maintenance programme of the LHC's first long shutdown is about to start

News
Accelerators
08 February, 2013

Long Shutdown 1: Exciting times ahead

Accelerators
News
08 February, 2013

UA2

Experiments

UA2

Experiments

UA1

Experiments

UA1

Experiments