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Successful Excitation Test of High Luminosity LHC Upgrade Superconducting Magnet "D1" Prototype

LHC accelerator at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is known for the discovery of the Higgs boson particle (Nobel Prize in Physics 2013).

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Exhibiting at SAT Technology Showcase 2022

SAT Technology Showcase 2022, organized by Science Academy of Tsukuba, was held on January 27, 2022.

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Video: "HL-LHC Superconducting Magnet Prototype Testing Begins!"

Performance evaluation of "D1" prototype, a superconducting magnet for LHC high luminosity upgrade, which KEK Cryogenics Science Center is producing in collaboration with Hitachi, Ltd. has started.

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“Precise measurement of muonium atoms using the reversal concept of Rabi vibration spectroscopy” is posted on KEK website

"Precise measurement of muonium atoms using the reversal concept of Rabi vibration spectroscopy" was posted on KEK News Press Release.

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The FY2020 Applied Research Laboratory Technology Exchange Meeting was held.

The FY2020 Applied Research Laboratory Technology Exchange Meeting was held remotely via Zoom on February 17, 2021.

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Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Symposium 2020

October 17 and 18, 2020, “Inter-University Research Institute Corporation (I-URIC) Symposium 2020” was held online due to the COVID-19.

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Hirokatsu Ohata, engineer at the Cryogenics Science Center, receives the 2020 MEXT Outstanding Support for Research Award

Hirokatsu Ohata, an engineer at the Cryogenics Science Center of the Applied Research Laboratory, received the 2020 MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Outstanding Support for Research Award.

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The 2019 Applied Research Laboratory Technology Exchange Meeting was held.

The 2019 Applied Research Laboratory Technology Exchange Meeting was held on February 19, 2020 at the KEK Building 4 Seminar Hall (Tsukuba Campus).

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International contribution to LHC luminosity upgrade using large-aperture superconducting dipole magnet 

Successful development of 2 m model magnet and start of production of 7 m prototype magnet

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Development of large aperture superconducting dipole magnet for LHC at Cryogenics Science Center

The Cryogenics Science Center is collaborating with CERN to install a beam that will be installed in the beam final convergence section, which will be required for the LHC high-luminosity upgrade project.

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