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Seven experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) use detectors to analyse the myriad of particles produced by collisions in the accelerator. These experiments are run by collaborations of scientists from institutes all over the world. Each experiment is distinct and characterised by its detectors.

  • An encouraging start for Run 3

    In challenging times, it’s reassuring to see CERN’s accelerator complex fully up and running again, with physics being delivered to the experiments at ISOLDE and HIE-ISOLDE, n_TOF, AD-ELENA, the East Area, the North Area, AWAKE, HiRadMat, CLEAR and, of course, the LHC – the current temporary unscheduled stop notwithstanding – and great work being done

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  • Join CERN in a historic particle physics week

    Join CERN in a historic particle physics week

    Tune in to celebrate ten years of Higgs research at the LHC with CERN on 3 and 4 July. If your hunger for physics hasn’t been satiated, stay to witness the start of Run 3 at the LHC on 5 July

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  • Autopsy of an LHC beam dump

    Autopsy of an LHC beam dump

    For the first time at CERN, an autopsy has been carried out on a radioactive beam dump. Inspection of the inner workings of the device helped the teams to find out more about how materials behave under the impact of high-energy beams

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  • What will the future LHC beam dumps be made of?

    What will the future LHC beam dumps be made of?

    A new experiment has been performed at the HiRadMat facility to test various materials that could be used in the LHC and HL-LHC beam dumps

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  • ALICE makes first direct observation of a fundamental effect in particle physics

    ALICE makes first direct observation of a fundamental effect in particle physics

    The observation provides direct experimental access to the mass of an elementary particle known as the charm quark

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  • Large Hadron Collider restarts

    Large Hadron Collider restarts

    Beams of protons are again circulating around the collider’s 27-kilometre ring, marking the end of a multiple-year hiatus for upgrade work

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  • President of the Swiss Confederation visits CERN

    The President of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, honoured CERN with his presence on Friday, 5 November 2021. He was accompanied by representatives of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (DEFR) and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAE). At Point 1 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the Swiss Head of

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  • LS2 Report: The new LHC collimators

    During LS2, 16 new collimators have been installed in the LHC ready for the next run and above all for the future HL-LHC

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  • CERN announces new open data policy in support of open science

    CERN announces new open data policy in support of open science

    A new open data policy for scientific experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will make scientific research more reproducible, accessible, and collaborative

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  • ALICE opens avenue for high-precision studies of the strong force

    ALICE opens avenue for high-precision studies of the strong force

    The collaboration shows how proton–proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider can reveal the strong interaction between composite particles called hadrons

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