CERN Heavy Ion Run

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 Posted on November 3, 2023     1 min     86 words

The first heavy-ion run of the LHC Run3 just came to an end.

It was an important moment for CERN physicists but also for the radiation testing community, as HEARTS is upgrading the CHARM facility to become a prime heavy-ion testing facility for space applications open to external users.

On 2 November 2023, Rubén García Alía, HEARTS project coordinator, answered during a live Q&A and explained why heavy ion testing matters. Representatives from the four largest CERN LHC experiments were also present.


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CERN  LHC Run3  CHARM  HEARTS 

See also

Please use this open-access publication to reference the HEARTS project:
R. García Alía et al., "The HEARTS EU Project and its Initial Results on Fragmented High-Energy Heavy Ion Single Event Effects Testing", in IEEE TNS, doi:10.1109/TNS.2025.3530502.

The HEARTS project is funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101082402, through the Space Work Programme of the European Commission.
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