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Since it began operation in 2010, the LHC has delivered over 100 fb-1 (inverse femtobarns) of integrated luminosity to each of ATLAS and CMS
Recent CERN Control Centre (CCC) meetings have been dominated by "16L2"
On 28 June for the first time in history, the LHC collided beams with 2556 bunches per ring
After declaring stable beams, now it’s the period of scrubbing and intensity ramp-up, until 2556 bunches per beam will circulate in the machine
On Saturday, 29 April, two days ahead of schedule, beams were circulating again in the LHC
Almost ready: the LHC and its injectors are starting up one after the other
The re-filling of the arcs with liquid helium started last week, and the LHC is gradually being prepared for electrical tests at the end of the month
As part of the EYETS activities, the Linac3 ion source was converted to a xenon ion source
