Category: Accelerators
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HiLumi LHC: full-scale tests start
Scientists at CERN have triggered the complex cooldown of a 95-m-long test stand that reproduces the underground configuration of innovative technologies for the Large Hadron Collider’s high-luminosity upgrade
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Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex is gradually waking up from the winter shutdown
Beam commissioning is progressing well in CERN’s accelerator complex, with beams already at the gates of the SPS
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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