News

 

3/12/2012

End of CNGS run

6-10/11/2012

8th NBI2012 workshop at CERN

31/05/2010

First tau-neutrino candidate detected

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Project Organization:  Secondary Beam WG, Project Team, Technical WG, Commissioning WG
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November 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) CERN COURIER article on CNGS
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14 Sept. 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Movies on CNGS
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11 Sept. 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) CERN press release on CNGS

5 - 9 Sept. 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) NBI2006 - 6th International workshop on Neutrino Beams and Instrumentation
 

22 August 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) A few events in BOREXINO
 

22 August 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) LVD start-up report
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21 August 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) OPERA start-up report
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18 August 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) final measurements on proton line;     14:00 - CNGS commissioning completed
 

17 August 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) further high intensity extractions; emittance measurements; TBID tests; cross-hair scans; studies of alignment in anti-neutrino mode; intensity increase in the accelerator chain
 

16 August 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) detailed extraction studies; beam loss studies; SPS damper studies; start tests with double-extraction at higher intensities
 

15 August 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) RF fine tuning in SPS; double extraction at medium intensity; adjust interlocks from beam loss and beam position monitors; horn/reflector on/off data taking; muon detector calibration
 

14 August 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) detailed proton line optics checks; start setting up double-extraction
 

27 July 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) proton line checks; target vs. horn alignment; horn+reflector timing adjusted
 

26 July 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) extraction studies; proton scan across target and collimator
 

14 July 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) proton line checks; TBID and muon monitor checks; horn+reflector polarity change to NEUTRINOS
 

13 July 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) intervention on BP electronics; proton line steering; proton scan across target; horn+reflector ON
 

12 July 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Proton beam line: checks of all equipment
 

11 July 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Proton beam sent through target area and decay tunnel to the hadron stopper (target out)
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10 July 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) CNGS commisssioning started - 400 GeV/c proton beam extracted onto TED beam stopper
 

29 May 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) CNGS start with beam delayed
 

19 May 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) CNGS areas closed
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3 April 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Lundi Decouverte - Discovery Monday
 

9 March 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) TBID secondary beam monitor installed
 

8 March 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Final target system installed

3 March 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Horn and Reflector pulsing in final configuration

31 January 2006

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Final Horn installed in target chamber

19 December 2005

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Decay Tube window (3 mm Ti) installed
 

12 December 2005

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Progress of installation - December 2005

5 December 2005

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Reflector installed in target chamber
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25 November 2005

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Proton beam installation completed, vacuum tested
 

3 November 2005

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Horn installed in target chamber (test-horn)
 

21 September 2005

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Last MBG deflection magnet installed

15 August 2005

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Target station progress - CERN press release

22 July 2005

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Progress of installation - July 2005

13 July 2005

cj.jpg (678 bytes) First QTG quadrupole installed in proton beam-line
 

18 December 2004

cj.jpg (678 bytes) 50 million million protons
 

17 December 2004

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Progress of general services installation - 2004
 

25 November 2004

cj.jpg (678 bytes) New neutrino fluences available from ICARUS-FLUKA

8 September 2004

cj.jpg (678 bytes) First CNGS double batch extraction from SPS
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31 July 2004

cj.jpg (678 bytes) CNGS civil engineering completed

28-30 June 2004

cj.jpg (678 bytes) 3rd CNGS Review
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30 April 2004

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Decay tube is leak-tight !

7 April 2004

cj.jpg (678 bytes) First horn arrived at CERN

16 March 2004

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Decay Tube installation completed

4 February 2004

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Decay Tube: Half-Way Point passed

18 November 2003

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Installation of Decay Tube started

21 October 2003

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Transport of Decay Tube Exit Flange

2 September 2003

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23 June 2003

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Phase I Civil Engineering completed
28-30 April 2003 cj.jpg (678 bytes) 2nd CNGS Review

31 March 2003

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Horn inner conductors arrived at CERN

10 January 2003

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Two MBG pre-series magnets arrived at CERN
18 December 2002 cj.jpg (678 bytes) 08:45 - connection to TI_8 tunnel completed

24 May 2002

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Recuperation of iron from WANF finished

10 April 2002

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Tunnel Boring Machine removed
14 - 19 March 2002 cj.jpg (678 bytes) NBI2002 Workshop on Neutrino Beams

18 - 20 Feb 2002

cj.jpg (678 bytes) 1st CNGS Review

26 June 2001

cj.jpg (678 bytes) Baptism of the Tunnel Boring Machine

12 October 2000

cj.jpg (678 bytes) CNGS ground breaking ceremony