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
- ↑ "Home". uslarp.org.
- ↑ http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/Accelconf/p07/PAPERS/THXC01.PDF
- ↑ "Ipac2010 Thpe083".
- ↑ "Ipac2010 Mopec021".
- ↑ http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/Accelconf/p07/PAPERS/FRPMN068.PDF
- ↑ "LARP leads the way for Niobium-tin magnets | Article 4 | Issue 4 | Newsletters | News | EuCARD". Archived from the original on 2010-11-16. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ↑ R. Kephart et al, "The U.S. LHC Accelerator Research Program: A Proposal"
- ↑ Markiewicz, "LHC Accelerator Research at SLAC"
- ↑ "DOE FY10 Science Budget, p. 245" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-01. Retrieved 2010-08-25.