LINAC 2 visit point

At this visit point, you discover Linac 2, CERN’s former linear proton accelerator, and LEIR, the Low Energy Ion Ring—key elements of the accelerator chain that prepare and inject protons and heavy ions into larger machines for physics experiments.

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