DocumentCode
2318570
Title
Twelve years of LEP
Author
Lamont, M.
Author_Institution
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Volume
5
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
3499
Abstract
LEP was commissioned in 1989 and closed down in November 2000. During this time it has operated in many different modes, with many different optics and at many different energies. Performance has varied. LEP has provided a huge amount of data for the precision study of the standard model, first on the Z0 resonance, and then above the W pair threshold. Finally, with beam energies above 100 GeV, a tantalising glimpse of what might have been the Higgs boson was observed. A history of the main modes of operation, associated performance and the challenges met over the 12 years of running is presented
Keywords
colliding beam accelerators; electron accelerators; electron beams; electron optics; storage rings; 12 year; LEP; electron storage rings; optics; Apertures; Control systems; History; Optical losses; Production; Resonance; Shape control; Software performance; Software testing; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7191-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PAC.2001.988157
Filename
988157
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