Category: Accelerators

  • Record data for the LHC in 2024

    Record data for the LHC in 2024

    The LHC’s tenth year of operation ends with exceptional data collection

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  • Accelerator Report: Lead ions at the heart of the accelerator complex

    Accelerator Report: Lead ions at the heart of the accelerator complex

    Lead-ion physics at the LHC and the SPS North Area is already under way and progressing well. The final lead-ion user in the PS East Area started its physics run on 13 November

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  • Accelerator Report: Lead ions take the stage

    Accelerator Report: Lead ions take the stage

    As the LHC and SPS wrap up their 2024 proton run, teams are making final preparations for the lead-ion physics run starting on 4 November

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  • Accelerator Report: Ending the 2024 LHC proton run on a high note

    Accelerator Report: Ending the 2024 LHC proton run on a high note

    This year’s LHC proton run ended on 16 October, surpassing expectations with 11% more collisions than planned. Next up: the lead-ion run

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  • New schedule for CERN’s accelerators

    New schedule for CERN’s accelerators

    The LHC’s third run has been extended until July 2026. The long technical stop that will follow will be extended by four months, postponing the start-up of the High-Luminosity LHC until June 2030

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  • Updated schedule for CERN’s accelerators

    Updated schedule for CERN’s accelerators

    The timing and duration of the third long shutdown (LS3) of the Large Hadron Collider and injector complex has changed, here’s why

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  • Accelerator Report: Target reached, but compressor off

    Accelerator Report: Target reached, but compressor off

    On 23 September, the LHC reached its 2024 target for integrated luminosity. And then a cryogenic station broke down…

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  • Accelerator Report: Preparing the LHC and its injector complex for the 2024 lead-ion run

    Accelerator Report: Preparing the LHC and its injector complex for the 2024 lead-ion run

    The physics run for the SPS North Area will start on 4 November, followed by the LHC lead-ion physics run on 6 November, and the PS East Area on 11 November

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  • How can physicists make particle accelerators more efficient?

    How can physicists make particle accelerators more efficient?

    Using AI, machine learning and automation, the Efficient Particle Accelerator (EPA) project aims to boost the efficiency of CERN’s accelerators for the high luminosity era and beyond

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  • Accelerator Report: LHC Run 3 achieves record-breaking integrated luminosity

    Accelerator Report: LHC Run 3 achieves record-breaking integrated luminosity

    On Sunday, 1 September, the LHC integrated luminosity for Run 3 (2022–2025) equalled that of Run 2 (2015–2018)

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