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The Large Hadron Collider: 10 years and counting
Ten years ago, protons circulated CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for the first time, marking the end of years of design and construction
LHC Report: first acceleration of partially stripped ions
The LHC has just come out of a successful week of machine development (MD), used to carry out studies covering a wide spectrum of topics
HIE-ISOLDE’s Phase 2 reaches completion
The HIE-ISOLDE project is on its way to providing radioactive nuclei at higher energies than before
LHC accelerates its first “atoms”
Lead "atoms" with a single remaining electron swirl around the Large Hadron Collider
LHC Report: Back in production
At 2.02 p.m. on Saturday, 7 July, the last fill of the special physics run was dumped, ready for standard physics to resume
LHC report: Investing in the future
The latest Machine Development period ended on early Monday morning, 18 June, after six days of intensive studies of the LHC accelerator
LHC Report: Standing strong through the storms
As I write this report, the integrated luminosity counter for ATLAS and CMS is at 23.1 fb-1, exceeding our goal of around 18 fb-1
LHC Report: Running towards a production break
The LHC is in full production mode with 2556 bunches per beam and has already successfully provided 14.6 fb-1 to each of ATLAS and CMS