CERN Hadron Linacs (original) (raw)

The CERN hadron Linacs are linear accelerators that accelerate beams of hadrons from a standstill to be used by the larger circular accelerators at the facility. * The first CERN Linac, operating from 1958 until 1992 * Linac 2, operating from 1978 to 2018, was used to accelerate protons * Linac 3, currently (as of 2020) used to accelerate ions * Linac4, replacing Linac 2 in 2020, accelerates negative hydrogen ions