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There's more to CERN than the Large Hadron Collider. A series of accelerators work together to push particles to nearly the speed of light.

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Accelerator Report: A well-deserved winter break for the accelerator complex

Soon, CERN personnel will take a well-deserved winter break, just like the accelerator complex. Following a successful year, the remainder of the accelerator complex was stopped on 2 December, marking the official start of the year-end technical stop

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Accelerators
13 December, 2024
Accelerators
News
13 December, 2024

New schedule for CERN's accelerators

The LHC's third run has been extended until July 2026. The long technical stop that will follow will be extended by four months, postponing the start-up of the High-Luminosity LHC until June 2030

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Accelerators
08 October, 2024
Accelerators
News
08 October, 2024

How can physicists make particle accelerators more efficient?

Using AI, machine learning and automation, the Efficient Particle Accelerator (EPA) project aims to boost the efficiency of CERN's accelerators for the high luminosity era and beyond

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Accelerators
11 September, 2024
Accelerators
News
11 September, 2024

Coming together to prepare for ambitious future projects

The first Accelerators and Technology sector workshop on 25 June will help to share expertise, challenges, methodologies and solutions

Opinion
Engineering
11 June, 2024
Engineering
Opinion
11 June, 2024

Accelerator Report: The LHC is well ahead of schedule

Almost the whole accelerator complex is now in “physics mode”, routinely delivering the various types of beam to the different physics facilities and experiments. Notably, the intensity ramp-up in the LHC is progressing remarkably well

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Accelerators
16 April, 2024

CERN’s accelerators gear up for action after the winter maintenance break

A new physics run is about to begin! The first particle beams should reach the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on 11 March

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Accelerators
22 February, 2024
Accelerators
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22 February, 2024

HiLumi News: protecting the components of CERN’s future accelerator

The collimation system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which protects the accelerator’s components, needs an upgrade to be able to handle the performance of CERN’s future accelerator

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Accelerators
31 January, 2024
Accelerators
News
31 January, 2024