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

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

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

The 2018 proton season has started well ahead of schedule

Despite the tight schedules, all machines were closed in time and first beams will be injected as scheduled

Now that the successful 2017 run has ended, let’s take a look back at a year full of events

Not only has the LHC reached its 2017 production target ahead of schedule, it has also doubled its design luminosity

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