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The CERN 25 GeV Proton Synchrotron The backbone of CERN celebrated its 60th Anniversary
On 24 November 1959 the first proton beam was accelerated to 24 GeV. This event 60 years ago was duly celebrated in a colloquium at CERN in November 2019. This article summarizes the conception, design, construction and evolution of this unique physics instrument, which became the tireless workhors...
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| Lenguaje: | eng |
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2020
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2721233 |
| Sumario: | On 24 November 1959 the first proton beam was accelerated to 24 GeV. This event 60 years ago was duly celebrated in a colloquium at CERN in November 2019. This article summarizes the conception, design, construction and evolution of this unique physics instrument, which became the tireless workhorse and the unflagging backbone of the accelerator-based research programme of CERN [1, 2]. |
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