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

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