🍾 ESS accelerator starts with 542 meters proton beam

🍾 ESS accelerator starts with 542 meters proton beam

For the first time, protons have been accelerated all the way from the ion source to the beam dump, a distance of 542.5 meters in the 600-meter-long accelerator tunnel.The facility now functions as an integrated system and demonstrates that the accelerator works according to plans.The next step will be to shoot the proton beam all the way to the beam target to produce neutrons for scientific experiments.Years of work reach resultsBottles of pros…