On Friday, 14 September 2012 the truck transporting the parts for two new components of Linac4, the linear accelerator that will replace Linac2 in a couple of years’ time, arrived at CERN from Novosibirsk, Russia, after a journey by truck of over 13,000 km.

Linac4 will be the new first link in the proton acceleration chain for the LHC. Its four accelerating structures will successively increase the beam energy from 3 MeV to 50 MeV, 102 MeV and finally 160 MeV. These structures include the cell-coupled drift tube linac (CCDTL), which itself comprises 7 modules and will increase the beam energy from 50 to 102 MeV. 

The two modules, each weighing 2 tones, were disassembled to make them easier to transport.

Once the acceptance procedure has been completed, the modules will be assembled and tested in SM18.

All seven modules CCDTL are produced in the framework of the ISTC projects #3888 and #3889. These projects are the fruit of 6 years close collaboration between CERN and two Russian research institutes - the leading institution is the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP) and the All-Russian Institute of Technical Physics (VNIITF). 

The seven modules of the CCDTL took two and a half years to produce. Two further modules are due to be delivered to CERN in December this year, and the final three will follow early next year.

For further information please contact Yuri Malakhov; e-mail address: malakhov@istc.ru, phone: +7 (495) 982 31 57

Photo: at the present time 4 participants of the ISTC projects work at CERN