LHC Run 2

In early 2013, the LHC shut down for two years of planned maintenance and repairs. In 2015 the world’s most powerful accelerator began its physics programme once again for Run 2, this time with proton beams colliding 13 TeV — almost double the LHC's previous energy. This new energy frontier will allow researchers to probe new boundaries in our understanding of the fundamental structure of matter.

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ATLAS surveys new supersymmetry territory

New studies from the ATLAS collaboration search for hypothetical “supersymmetric” particles around uncharted corners

News
Physics
23 May, 2019

CMS hunts for dark photons coming from the Higgs boson

The CMS collaboration has searched for collision events in which the Higgs boson transforms into a photon and a hypothetical dark photon

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Physics
24 May, 2019

ATLAS releases first result using full LHC Run 2 dataset

The result sets bounds on grand unified theories, which might fill gaps in the Standard Model of particle physics

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Physics
07 March, 2019

LHC: pushing computing to the limits

The LHC produced unprecedented volumes of data during its two multi-year runs, and, with its current upgrades, more computing challenges are in store

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Computing
01 March, 2019
Computing
News
01 March, 2019

LHC experiments share highlights for 2018

ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb presented their key physics results at an end-of-year series of talks

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Physics
14 December, 2018
Physics
News
14 December, 2018

A successful conclusion to Run 2

The end of the LHC’s second run makes way for a busy long shutdown

Opinion
Accelerators
11 December, 2018
Accelerators
Opinion
11 December, 2018

High-Luminosity LHC: we’re halfway there

The HL-LHC is shaping up to be a worthy successor to the LHC, which is having another spectacular year

Opinion
Accelerators
29 October, 2018
Accelerators
Opinion
29 October, 2018

LHC Report: A busy end of the proton run

The final days of the LHC proton physics Run II are here

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Physics
16 October, 2018
Physics
News
16 October, 2018

LHC Report: Protons: mission accomplished

On 24 October, the LHC Operations team flipped the switch in the LHC island of the CCC to dump the last proton production fill of Run 2

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Physics
29 October, 2018
Physics
News
29 October, 2018

Final lap of the LHC track for protons in 2018

The LHC’s proton run came to an end on Wednesday 24 October with an excellent result of 160 fb-1 of data accumulated since the start of 2015

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Accelerators
24 October, 2018
Accelerators
News
24 October, 2018

The 2018 data-taking run at the LHC has begun

The LHC operators hope to break last year’s record for total proton-proton collisions delivered to the experiments

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Accelerators
30 April, 2018
Accelerators
News
30 April, 2018

Beams are back in the LHC for the final year of Run II

Beams were circulating in the LHC by 30 March (five days in advance!), and everything is looking good for a strong final year of LHC Run II.

Opinion
Accelerators
13 April, 2018
Accelerators
Opinion
13 April, 2018