Tag: HiLumi LHC

  • CERN highlights in 2023

    CERN highlights in 2023

    From high above to far below, journey through the CERN highlights of 2023

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  • Hi-Lumi News: First magnet from the US Accelerator Upgrade Project shipped to CERN

    Hi-Lumi News: First magnet from the US Accelerator Upgrade Project shipped to CERN

    Watch a timelapse of the unboxing of the first of ten cryo-assemblies from the US to be installed in the HL-LHC interaction regions

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  • HiLumi News: Successful test paves the way for magnet production at CERN

    HiLumi News: Successful test paves the way for magnet production at CERN

    Engineers have successfully tested an improved design of a quadrupole magnet manufactured at CERN, confirming that niobium–tin technology is viable for accelerator magnets

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  • HiLumi News: Recombination dipole prototype successfully tested for the LHC’s high-luminosity upgrade

    HiLumi News: Recombination dipole prototype successfully tested for the LHC’s high-luminosity upgrade

    The D2 prototype magnet, developed and manufactured in Italy, has been integrated and tested in the longest HL-LHC cold mass with corrector magnets from China and CERN

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  • HL-LHC: successful tests validate a new remote alignment system for magnets

    HL-LHC: successful tests validate a new remote alignment system for magnets

    The many CERN-developed sensors and software programs of the FRAS (Full Remote Alignment System) have been successfully tested on a prototype magnet in preparation for the HL-LHC

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  • LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay

    LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson decay

    The ATLAS and CMS collaborations have joined forces to establish the first evidence of the rare decay of the Higgs boson into a Z boson and a photon

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  • HiLumi News: Recovery of an HL-LHC niobium–tin magnet

    HiLumi News: Recovery of an HL-LHC niobium–tin magnet

    The successful replacement of a coil in an HL-LHC niobium–tin quadrupole magnet by the US Accelerator Upgrade Project team has showcased this crucial technology’s flexibility and cost-effectiveness

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  • Kicking off

    Kicking off

    Following the installation of kicker magnets that are more heat resistant and their successful tests during the SPS scrubbing run, the SPS is getting ready for High-Luminosity LHC operation.

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  • HiLumi News: New CERN niobium–tin magnet energises the HL-LHC programme

    HiLumi News: New CERN niobium–tin magnet energises the HL-LHC programme

    A second 7.2-metre-long HL-LHC triplet quadrupole has reached the currents needed for 7 TeV operation, with higher performances

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  • Beam Gas Curtain: a new instrument for LHC Run 3

    Beam Gas Curtain: a new instrument for LHC Run 3

    A High-Luminosity LHC instrument known as the Beam Gas Curtain will be tested and start collecting data during Run 3

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