Proton Synchrotron Booster
Encyclopedia
The Proton Synchrotron Booster, a synchrotron
, is the first and smallest circular proton accelerator
in the accelerator chain at the CERN
Large Hadron Collider
injection complexhttp://ps-div.web.cern.ch/ps-div/LHC-PS/LHC-PS.html. The accelerator was built in 1972, and contains four superimposed rings with a radius of 25 meters. It takes proton
s with an energy of 50 MeV
from the linear accelerator Linac2 and accelerates them up to 1.4 GeV
, ready to be injected into the Proton Synchrotron
. It can also take ions from the Linac3 pre-accelerated in the LEIR.
The PS Booster actually consists of four identical rings mounted one above the other.
Synchrotron
A synchrotron is a particular type of cyclic particle accelerator in which the magnetic field and the electric field are carefully synchronised with the travelling particle beam. The proton synchrotron was originally conceived by Sir Marcus Oliphant...
, is the first and smallest circular proton accelerator
Particle accelerator
A particle accelerator is a device that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to high speeds and to contain them in well-defined beams. An ordinary CRT television set is a simple form of accelerator. There are two basic types: electrostatic and oscillating field accelerators.In...
in the accelerator chain at the CERN
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research , known as CERN , is an international organization whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border...
Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature....
injection complexhttp://ps-div.web.cern.ch/ps-div/LHC-PS/LHC-PS.html. The accelerator was built in 1972, and contains four superimposed rings with a radius of 25 meters. It takes proton
Proton
The proton is a subatomic particle with the symbol or and a positive electric charge of 1 elementary charge. One or more protons are present in the nucleus of each atom, along with neutrons. The number of protons in each atom is its atomic number....
s with an energy of 50 MeV
MEV
MeV and meV are multiples and submultiples of the electron volt unit referring to 1,000,000 eV and 0.001 eV, respectively.Mev or MEV may refer to:In entertainment:* Musica Elettronica Viva, an Italian musical group...
from the linear accelerator Linac2 and accelerates them up to 1.4 GeV
GEV
GEV or GeV may stand for:*GeV or gigaelectronvolt, a unit of energy equal to billion electron volts*GEV or Grid Enabled Vehicle that is fully or partially powered by the electric grid, see plug-in electric vehicle...
, ready to be injected into the Proton Synchrotron
Proton Synchrotron
The Proton Synchrotron is the first major particle accelerator at CERN, built as a 28 GeV proton accelerator in the late 1950s and put into operation in 1959. It takes the protons from the Proton Synchrotron Booster at a kinetic energy of 1.4 GeV and lead ions from the Low Energy Ion Ring at 72...
. It can also take ions from the Linac3 pre-accelerated in the LEIR.
The PS Booster actually consists of four identical rings mounted one above the other.