Proton Synchrotron Booster
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The Proton Synchrotron Booster is the first and smallest circular proton accelerator in the accelerator chain at the CERN injection complex, which also provides beams to the Large Hadron Collider. It
Injection and transfer lines of the Proton Synchrotron Booster
The surface above the PS Booster at CERN. The ring-shaped accelerator is visible as a circular building that rises from the ground.
The Proton Synchrotron Booster in its tunnel
Large Hadron Collider
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The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research between 1998 and 2008, in collaboration with ov
Proton Synchrotron Booster
…first and smallest circular proton accelerator (a synchrotron) in the accelerator chain at the CERN injection complex, which also provides beams to the Large Hadron Collider. It contains four superimposed rings with a radius of 25 meters, which receive protons with an energy of 160 MeV from the linear accelerator Linac4 and…
Superconducting quadrupole electromagnets are used to direct the beams to four intersection points, where interactions between accelerated protons take place.
LHC magnet cross sections, left is a dipole magnet segment and right is a quadrupole magnet segment.
The LHC protons originate from the small red hydrogen tank.
CMS detector for LHC