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  • Three lecturers from The CERN Accelerator School awarded by the 2023 Enrico Fermi Prize

    Three lecturers from The CERN Accelerator School awarded by the 2023 Enrico Fermi Prize

    Three lecturers from The CERN Accelerator School awarded by the 2023 Enrico Fermi Prize Their remarkable achievements in particle acceleration have significantly contributed to the scientific community and have been recognised worldwide. Massimo Ferrario’s innovative contributions in high-brilliance photoinjectors, FEL physics, and particle acceleration with plasma are truly impressive. Lucio Rossi’s developments on superconducting magnets

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  • Building a legacy for the CERN Accelerator School

    Building a legacy for the CERN Accelerator School

    Building a legacy for the CERN Accelerator School This year, the CERN Accelerator School (CAS) celebrates its 40th anniversary. To look back into the history of what has now become an institution for all accelerator students, we met with Hermann Schmickler, who ran the school from 2018 to 2021. Heavily involved in the school since

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  • Roger Bailey (1954 – 2023)

    Roger Bailey (1954 – 2023)

    Roger Bailey (1954 – 2023) It was with deep sadness that we learned that Roger Bailey passed away on 1 June while out mountain biking in Valais. He was 69. Roger began his career with a doctorate in experimental particle physics from the University of Sheffield in 1979, going on to a postdoctoral position at

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  • Collaboration and knowledge sharing: CERN Accelerator School turns 40!

    Collaboration and knowledge sharing: CERN Accelerator School turns 40!

    Collaboration and knowledge sharing: CERN Accelerator School turns 40! Scientific progress depends on the accumulation of knowledge over time. Sharing knowledge enables collaborations among researchers, leading to the formation of new ideas and research projects. These are the ideas that brought up the first course of the CERN Accelerator School (CAS) forty years ago, in

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  • The CERN Accelerator School, a school like no other

    The CERN Accelerator School, a school like no other

    The CERN Accelerator School, a school like no other

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  • L’École du CERN sur les accélérateurs, une école comme aucune autre

    L’École du CERN sur les accélérateurs, une école comme aucune autre

    L’École du CERN sur les accélérateurs, une école comme aucune autre

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  • With three schools in 2022, the CERN Accelerator School is back!

    With three schools in 2022, the CERN Accelerator School is back!

    With three schools in 2022, the CERN Accelerator School is back! Surrounded by mountains and next to the beautiful lake Annecy, the 2022 Advanced Course on Accelerator Physics brought a fantastic and challenging year for the CERN Accelerator School (CAS) to a close. The Advanced Course on Accelerator Physics is a pillar of the CAS

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  • CERN Accelerator School | Advanced Accelerator Physics, 6 – 18 November 2022

    CERN Accelerator School | Advanced Accelerator Physics, 6 – 18 November 2022

    CERN Accelerator School | Advanced Accelerator Physics, 6 – 18 November 2022 The course will be of interest to physicists and engineers who wish to expand their knowledge of accelerator physics and technologies as well as their professional network. The programme offers core lectures on accelerator physics in the mornings and a practical course with

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  • CERN Accelerator School is back in presence with the Basic course

    CERN Accelerator School is back in presence with the Basic course

    CERN Accelerator School is back in presence with the Basic course After two years of online courses, CERN Accelerator School (CAS) students finally went back off-screen to learn more about the basics of general accelerator physics and technology. From 9th to 13th May 2022, 80 people from 20 different nationalities gathered in Appart’City in Ferney-Voltaire

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  • 2022 CERN Accelerator Schools now OPEN for registration

    2022 CERN Accelerator Schools now OPEN for registration

    2022 CERN Accelerator Schools now OPEN for registration Registration has open for the following CAS courses (to apply please visit the links below): ➤ Basics of Accelerator Physics and Technology, 9 – 13 May 2022, Ferney-Voltaire, France Registration is open till 25 April ➤ Introduction to Accelerator Physics, 18 September – 1 October 2022, Kaunas,

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