Category: Accelerators

  • Accelerator Report: Run 3 operations counting down to LS3

    Accelerator Report: Run 3 operations counting down to LS3

    Linac4 and the PS Booster have already completed their standalone beam commissioning successfully and have handed over the baton to the PS

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  • Probing asteroids with particle beams

    Probing asteroids with particle beams

    CERN’s HiRadMat facility is helping scientists to understand how asteroid materials behave under extreme conditions

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  • Accelerator Report: A very busy technical stop ahead of Long Shutdown 3

    Accelerator Report: A very busy technical stop ahead of Long Shutdown 3

    This technical stop is particularly intense, being both shorter than usual, to maximise the limited time for physics, and very busy, to make essential preparations for LS3, which begins in June

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  • A cryogenic winter for tomorrow’s accelerator

    A cryogenic winter for tomorrow’s accelerator

    The first large refrigerators for the High-Luminosity LHC have been installed

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  • Accelerator Report: A strong finish and a swift transition into the winter break

    Accelerator Report: A strong finish and a swift transition into the winter break

    The 2025 run was successfully completed on 8 December at 6.00 a.m., signalling the start of the year-end technical stop for the LHC and the injector complex

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  • LHC delivers a record number of particle collisions in 2025

    LHC delivers a record number of particle collisions in 2025

    All experiments broke records in the final full operating year of the third run of the LHC

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  • LHC delivers a record number of particle collisions in 2025

    LHC delivers a record number of particle collisions in 2025

    All experiments broke records in the final full operating year of the third run of the LHC

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  • Another year of outstanding accelerator complex performance

    Another year of outstanding accelerator complex performance

    The extraordinary performance reflects decades of accumulated expertise, a culture of continuous development and improvement, and a sustained collective effort across all technical and operational domains

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  • Accelerator Report: The final countdown

    Accelerator Report: The final countdown

    With only three weeks left until CERN’s annual closure, the end of the 2025 run is approaching fast. In less than two weeks, all the beams throughout the accelerator complex will be stopped

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  • HIE-ISOLDE: 10 years, 10 highlights

    HIE-ISOLDE: 10 years, 10 highlights

    Since its first experiment in 2015, the HIE-ISOLDE accelerator has been pushing back the boundaries of nuclear physics

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