Title :
Twelve years of LEP
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7191-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2001.988157
