LHC Accelerator Research Program

The U.S. LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP) coordinates research and development in the United States related to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.[1] Among other things, the program has contributed important instrumentation for initial LHC operation[2][3][4][5] and is leading the way for the development of superconducting magnets based on Niobium-tin, which are proposed for future LHC upgrades.[6]

LARP was first proposed in 2003 as a collaboration between the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.[7] The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory joined the program shortly thereafter.[8]

LARP is funded through the US Department of Energy. The total funding in Fiscal Year 2010 was $12.39M, distributed among the four labs involved.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.uslarp.org/
  2. ↑ http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/Accelconf/p07/PAPERS/THXC01.PDF
  3. ↑ http://spms.kek.jp/pls/ipac2010/JACoW.view_abstract?abs_id=3518
  4. ↑ http://spms.kek.jp/pls/ipac2010/JACoW.view_abstract?abs_id=2884
  5. ↑ http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/Accelconf/p07/PAPERS/FRPMN068.PDF
  6. ↑ http://eucard.web.cern.ch/eucard/news/newsletters/issue04/article4.html
  7. ↑ R. Kephart et al, "The U.S. LHC Accelerator Research Program: A Proposal"
  8. ↑ Markiewicz, "LHC Accelerator Research at SLAC"
  9. ↑ DOE FY10 Science Budget, p. 245

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