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
- ^ http://www.uslarp.org/
- ^ http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/Accelconf/p07/PAPERS/THXC01.PDF
- ^ http://spms.kek.jp/pls/ipac2010/JACoW.view_abstract?abs_id=3518
- ^ http://spms.kek.jp/pls/ipac2010/JACoW.view_abstract?abs_id=2884
- ^ http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/Accelconf/p07/PAPERS/FRPMN068.PDF
- ^ http://eucard.web.cern.ch/eucard/news/newsletters/issue04/article4.html
- ^ 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