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LHC experiments join forces to zoom in on the Higgs boson

Today the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented for the first time a combination of their results on the mass of the Higgs boson

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Accelerators
17 March, 2015

A luminous future for the LHC

Work continues apace for the high-luminosity upgrade for the LHC 10 years from now

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Accelerators
13 March, 2015
Accelerators
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13 March, 2015

The LHC: A stronger machine

Watch CERN engineers explain the work during the laboratory's long shutdown to prepare the LHC for running at 13 TeV

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Accelerators
12 March, 2015
Accelerators
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12 March, 2015

Injection tests make a splash

Particles were successfully injected into the LHC last weekend, passing through three sectors of the accelerator

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Accelerators
09 March, 2015
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09 March, 2015

LHC injection tests to begin

The Operations team is testing the systems that deliver beams to the Large Hadron Collider in preparation for the start-up this month

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Accelerators
06 March, 2015
Accelerators
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06 March, 2015

A day in the CERN Control Centre

The CCC is the nerve centre of the CERN beam systems. The people at the five consoles work 24/7 to get everything ready for Run 2

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Accelerators
02 March, 2015
Accelerators
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02 March, 2015

Timelapse: LHC experiments prepare for restart

Watch a timelapse video of the huge LHC detectors ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb preparing to start up again

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Accelerators
23 February, 2015
Accelerators
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23 February, 2015

CERN's two-year shutdown drawing to a close

Two years ago, CERN's accelerators and experiments shut down for maintenance, to prepare the LHC for running at 13 TeV

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Accelerators
13 February, 2015
Accelerators
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13 February, 2015

CLIC prototype operational

The first prototype module of the Compact Linear Collider Study (CLIC) is operational in the dedicated test facility at CERN

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Accelerators
30 January, 2015
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30 January, 2015

CMS pins down Higgs with first run data

Recent publications from CMS use data from the LHC's first run to shed light on the properties of the Higgs boson

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Accelerators
27 January, 2015
Accelerators
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27 January, 2015