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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>ESS-Bilbao and the Linac4/SPL Project at
CERN launch a collaborative R&D effort<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Following initial contacts between both
ESS-Bilbao and CERN teams, a kick-off<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>meeting for the collaboration was launched
on 15 Oct 2008. The rationale behind <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>such an effort stems from the remarkably
strong synergies found between the proposed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ESS-B high intensity proton accelerator
design and the ongoing Linac 4 and SPL projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The latter constitute upgrades to the ion
injector of the Large Hadron Collider which will result<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>in a very promising increase in luminosity
of the circular collider, deemed to be needed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>to provide definite answers to a number of
pending issues in high energy physics in the coming years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Matters of common interest for both
projects comprise the low-energy part of the accelerator <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>needed to reach energies of a few tens of
megaelectronvolts, as well as equipment required to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>drive the superconducting cavities to reach
energies of the order of one gigaelectrnvolt. The agreement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>between both institutions foresees the
design and manufacture of equipment by Spanish companies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>in exchange for technical help from CERN to
build up local capabilities in cutting-edge accelerator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>technologies. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Sira Cordón<br>
Press officer<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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