LHC

Seven experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) use detectors to analyse the myriad of particles produced by collisions in the accelerator. These experiments are run by collaborations of scientists from institutes all over the world. Each experiment is distinct and characterised by its detectors.

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Beams are back in the LHC

Protons have been circulating in the Large Hadron Collider since Friday 30 March, marking the start of the machine’s seventh year of operation

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Accelerators
30 March, 2018
Accelerators
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30 March, 2018

The end of YETS: awakening from hibernation

The Year-End Technical Stop drew to a close on 9 March. Read about the LHC plans the last year of Run 2

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Engineering
12 March, 2018
Engineering
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12 March, 2018

Accelerator hibernation ends

As CERN’s winter shutdown draws to a close, watch this video to see what has been going on underground

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Engineering
09 March, 2018
Engineering
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09 March, 2018

Preparing for the last year of LHC Run 2

This year’s LHC performance workshop took place in Chamonix from 29 January to 1 February.

Opinion
Accelerators
13 February, 2018
Accelerators
Opinion
13 February, 2018

Works accelerate when the LHC sleeps

For 14 weeks this winter teams are carrying out maintenance and upgrade work on the LHC

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Accelerators
16 January, 2018
Accelerators
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16 January, 2018

25 years of Large Hadron Collider experimental programme

CERN celebrates 25 years since the beginning of the LHC experimental programme

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At CERN
15 December, 2017

Show don’t tell - LHCreate asks why

Participants in the annual LHCreate workshop presented their most recent exciting ideas during a two-day event at IdeaSquare

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Knowledge sharing
11 December, 2017
Knowledge sharing
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11 December, 2017

At the LHC, tomorrow is already here

Before the LHC was shut down for the winter, the operators tested techniques under development for its successor, the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC)

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Accelerators
05 December, 2017
Accelerators
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05 December, 2017

Record luminosity: well done LHC

The LHC’s 2017 proton run has ended with record luminosity. The special runs will now take place before the winter shutdown.

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Accelerators
13 November, 2017
Accelerators
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13 November, 2017

LHC reaches 2017 targets ahead of schedule

With 19 days still to go, the LHC has reached its 2017 production target, delivering more than 45 inverse femtobarns to the experiments

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Accelerators
30 October, 2017
Accelerators
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30 October, 2017

LHC report: xenon in action

The LHC had the unique opportunity of colliding xenon nuclei over several hours

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Accelerators
24 October, 2017
Accelerators
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24 October, 2017

For one day only LHC collides xenon beams

The LHC is operating for several hours with the nuclei of xenon atoms

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Accelerators
12 October, 2017
Accelerators
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12 October, 2017