Tag: HiLumi LHC

  • 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

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  • The HL-LHC: a bright vision

    Pushing the boundaries of current technology to extend the discovery potential of the LHC

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  • Keeping HL-LHC accountable

    This week saw the cost and schedule of the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) and LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) projects come under close scrutiny

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  • Chamonix: Challenges for the High Luminosity LHC

    The final day of the workshop saw examination of the challenges of the High-Luminosity LHC an a look at the state of R&D for the new magnets required

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