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LHC Report: Another run is over and LS2 has just begun…

The CERN accelerator complex is being switched off step-by-step in order to prepare for Long Shutdown 2 (LS2)

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Accelerators
11 December, 2018
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11 December, 2018

LHC Report: entering the last week of the heavy-ion run

The one-month 2018 heavy-ion run has just one week left to go

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Accelerators
27 November, 2018
Accelerators
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27 November, 2018

LHC report: make way for the heavy ions

The first collisions of lead nuclei mark the start of a new LHC heavy-ion run

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Accelerators
13 November, 2018
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13 November, 2018

LHC Report: The final days of Run 2

At the end of October, the last protons for Run 2 will circulate inside the LHC. The next protons will be injected only in the spring of 2021!

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Accelerators
24 September, 2018
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24 September, 2018

LHC Report: 48 fb-1 and counting

Since the recovery from the recent machine development period, the LHC has been in luminosity production mode, crawling its way up towards 60 fb-1

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Accelerators
10 September, 2018
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10 September, 2018

LHC Report: first acceleration of partially stripped ions

The LHC has just come out of a successful week of machine development (MD), used to carry out studies covering a wide spectrum of topics

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Accelerators
21 August, 2018
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21 August, 2018

LHC Report: Back in production

At 2.02 p.m. on Saturday, 7 July, the last fill of the special physics run was dumped, ready for standard physics to resume

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Accelerators
11 July, 2018
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11 July, 2018

LHC report: Investing in the future

The latest Machine Development period ended on early Monday morning, 18 June, after six days of intensive studies of the LHC accelerator

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Accelerators
26 June, 2018
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26 June, 2018

LHC Report: Standing strong through the storms

As I write this report, the integrated luminosity counter for ATLAS and CMS is at 23.1 fb-1, exceeding our goal of around 18 fb-1

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Accelerators
12 June, 2018

LHC Report: Running towards a production break

The LHC is in full production mode with 2556 bunches per beam and has already successfully provided 14.6 fb-1 to each of ATLAS and CMS

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Accelerators
29 May, 2018

LHC Report: The LHC is full!

On 5 May, the last step in the intensity ramp-up process was completed, ten days ahead of schedule. The LHC is now filled with 2556 bunches per beam

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Accelerators
15 May, 2018
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15 May, 2018

LHC Report: Collisions and spring cleaning at the LHC

On 28 April 2018, 13 days ahead of schedule, the operators of the LHC successfully injected 1200 bunches of protons into the machine and collided them

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Accelerators
02 May, 2018