The Research and Development programme is structured according to three categories:
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Technology driven R&D (T)
Aims at the development of systems and expertise to guarantee knowledge of state of the art technologies to continue operating efficiently existing systems, processes or services. Typically, this R&D targets the upgrade of existing technologies at the LHC and the existing accelerator complex.
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Project driven R&D (P)
Determines methods, construct prototypes to address specific project needs or requirements, e.g. approved projects and studies such as HL-LHC, CLIC, FCC, etc. Deliverables are expected in a well-defined time scale.
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Generic R&D (G)
Builds on the body of knowledge of core, strategic technologies in TE. It advances scientific knowledge and represents path-breaking options for current and future projects.
| Technology | Project-driven | Generic | |
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| ABT | State of art technologies for Beam Transfer | Beam transfer developments for HL-LHC and LIU | Next generation of Beam Transfer Systems |
| CRG | Improvement of the availability and performance of accelerators and experiments | Project-driven R&D on cryo-technologies | Next generation of Cryogenics systems |
| EPC | Magnet Power Converters for particle accelerators | High-precision power supply for superconducting magnets | Advanced Energy management for Future Colliders |
| High pulsed power system | |||
| Next generation of power semiconductors for high precision power supply | |||
| MPE | State of the art technologies for machine protection | Machine and magnet protection for HL-LHC | Next generation of machine protection systems |
| MSC | Core technologies: infrastructure, instrumentation, manufacturing, polymers ... | LTS High Field Magnet (16T) for the energy frontier (HE-LHC, FCC) | Magnets for Accelerators, Beam Lines and Experiments |
| HTS High Field Magnet (20T) for the energy frontier (HE-LHC, FCC) | Added value initiatives | ||
| VSC | Development of tools and processes | Cryogenic environment projects | Machine learning and numerical methods for vacuum applications |
| Plasma-based technologies |