Maintenance, upgrades and new equipment for the accelerator complex during the year-end technical stop

As part of the EYETS activities, the Linac3 ion source was converted to a xenon ion source

On the experiments’ side, the extended year-end technical stop is a precious opportunity to carry out repairs and maintenance works on their detectors

The 2016 – 2017 extended year-end technical stop features powering tests, magnet exchange, dump replacement, emptying the LHC of helium, and lifts!

In this week's Bulletin find out how the amorphous carbon coating can be a solution to address the electron cloud issue in view of the HL-LHC upgrade

In this week's Bulletin find out how the LIGO and Virgo collaborations announce the direct detection of gravitational waves

In this week's Bulletin find out the MoEDAL’s physics programme

In this week's Bulletin find out about the important changes for CERN personnel following the five-year review of employment conditions