Category: Accelerators
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Accelerator Report: The 2026 run will be short but intense
Every day counts, so the LHC operations teams have mapped out a precise sequence of running phases to maximise the physics output during the machine’s final months
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Crystal shadowing to reduce beam losses
A new system made of precisely aligned thin, bent crystal arrays will greatly improve particle beams sent to fixed-target experiments in CERN’s North Area, while also protecting sensitive equipment
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Final laps at the LHC
The final physics season at the LHC has just kicked off! The experiments will record collisions until the end of June, when work will begin on transforming the machine into a high-luminosity accelerator.
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HiLumi LHC: cryogenics equipment arrives underground
Two cold boxes have been transported down into the service tunnels of the future accelerator
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Accelerator Report: Protons are heading towards the LHC
Many activities are currently progressing across the accelerator chain as the complex moves steadily towards full operation
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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