Tag: HiLumi LHC
The High-Luminosity LHC is a project to increase the luminosity of the Large Hadron Collider by a factor of 10 beyond its design value by 2020.
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Upgrading ALICE: What’s in store for the next two years?
Major internal improvements await the ALICE detector during CERN’s Long Shutdown 2 (LS2)
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LHC prepares for new achievements
After an outstanding performance, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the accelerator complex and the experiments are now stopping for two years for major improvements and upgrading.
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Major work starts to boost the luminosity of the LHC
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is officially entering a new stage. Today, a ground-breaking ceremony at CERN celebrates the start of the civil-engineering work for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC): a new milestone in CERN’s history.
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World’s first crabbing of a proton beam
CERN successfully tests crab cavities, a key component of the High-Luminosity LHC
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Crab cavities: colliding protons head-on
The crab cavities, a new technology to brighten up the future, will play an important role in the High-Luminosity LHC
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Silicon sandwiches feed LHC’s upgraded collision appetite
CMS high-luminosity LHC upgrade requires new silicon sensors, to better distinguish between particles from multiple collisions
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Linac 4 reached its energy goal
After having accelerated a beam up to the design energy of 160 MeV, Linac 4 is now entering a new phase of its commissioning