LHC

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.

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Injection tests make a splash

Particles were successfully injected into the LHC last weekend, passing through three sectors of the accelerator

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Accelerators
09 March, 2015
Accelerators
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09 March, 2015

LHC injection tests to begin

The Operations team is testing the systems that deliver beams to the Large Hadron Collider in preparation for the start-up this month

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Accelerators
06 March, 2015
Accelerators
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06 March, 2015

A day in the CERN Control Centre

The CCC is the nerve centre of the CERN beam systems. The people at the five consoles work 24/7 to get everything ready for Run 2

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Accelerators
02 March, 2015
Accelerators
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02 March, 2015

Timelapse: LHC experiments prepare for restart

Watch a timelapse video of the huge LHC detectors ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb preparing to start up again

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Accelerators
23 February, 2015
Accelerators
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23 February, 2015

CERN's two-year shutdown drawing to a close

Two years ago, CERN's accelerators and experiments shut down for maintenance, to prepare the LHC for running at 13 TeV

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Accelerators
13 February, 2015
Accelerators
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13 February, 2015

CMS pins down Higgs with first run data

Recent publications from CMS use data from the LHC's first run to shed light on the properties of the Higgs boson

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Accelerators
27 January, 2015
Accelerators
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27 January, 2015

LHC Season 2: holding the key to new frontiers

With ‘LHC Season 2’ starting soon, running at a new high energy, the LHC key is handed back to the machine operators today

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Accelerators
12 January, 2015
Accelerators
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12 January, 2015

LHC filling with liquid helium at 4 kelvin

The CERN cryogenics team are filling the LHC with liquid helium, cooling entire sections to below 4K

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Engineering
17 December, 2014
Engineering
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17 December, 2014

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gears up for run 2

CERN teams are carrying out all required tests to get proton beams back in the LHC for March 2015

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Accelerators
12 December, 2014
Accelerators
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12 December, 2014

One LHC sector up to full energy

Magnets in one sector of the accelerator are fully prepared for the restart at higher energies

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Accelerators
09 December, 2014
Accelerators
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09 December, 2014

Beams come knocking on the LHC's door

Weekend tests with beams brought protons just short of the LHC

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Accelerators
24 November, 2014
Accelerators
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24 November, 2014

CERN makes public first data of LHC experiments

The Open Data Portal makes data from real collision events at the LHC openly available to all

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Accelerators
20 November, 2014
Accelerators
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20 November, 2014