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A word from the Deputy Head of the EP department - June 2018

Dear Colleagues, members of the EP department and users, Welcome to the summer edition of the EP newsletter. This is the last year of the current run for the accelerator complex, and the race is on to collect as much data as possible before the…

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A word from the Head of the EP department - April 2018

Dear Colleagues in EP, The year 2018 started with a big shock for us. The tragic death of Ferdi Hahn has concerned us deeply. Ferdi was Deputy Department Head of EP, a close colleague and good friend for many of us. Please see his obituary in this…

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A word from the Head of the EP department - December 2017

Dear Colleagues, dear Members of the EP Department and CERN Users, /*-->*/ Welcome to this year’s last EP newsletter. 2017 was a fantastic year for CERN. The LHC machine broke every record, from an achieved peak luminosity of twice the design…

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A word from the Head of the EP department - October 2017

Dear Colleagues, dear Members of the EP Department and CERN Users, /*-->*/ Welcome to the autumn edition of the newsletter of the EP department. The EP newsletter is meant to inform all members of the department about what is going on in EP, and…

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A word from the Head of the EP department - June 2017

Dear Colleagues, dear Members of the EP Department and CERN Users, When you read this EP Newsletter the LHC will be operating in full production mode after a very smooth start-up. Interrupted only by short machine development periods, proton-proton…

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A word from the Head of the EP department - March 2017

Dear Colleagues, dear Members of the EP Department and CERN Users, Your are reading the first EP newsletter of 2017. This year will be another “production” year for LHC and the experiments. This means we will attempt to collect as much data as…

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A word from the Head of the EP department - December 2016

Dear Colleagues, Members of the EP Department and CERN Users, Welcome to the 4th and last edition of the EP Newsletter this year. 2016 is almost over, and it went very fast. It has been an extremely successful year for CERN. The LHC experiments…

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A word from the Head of the EP department - September 2016

Dear Colleagues, Members of the EP Department and CERN Users, Welcome to the 3rd edition of the EP Newsletter this year. Many of you have certainly followed the ICHEP 2016 conference, either in Chicago directly or from remote. An amazing wealth of…

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A word from the Head of the EP department - July 2016

Dear Colleagues, Members of the EP Department and CERN Users, We are in the middle of a fantastic year for CERN. After a difficult start, with some negative interference from the creatures in the Pays de Gex, the LHC is running like a Swiss clock…

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