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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Giorgio Brianti (1930 – 2023)

Obituary
Accelerators
05 May, 2023
Accelerators
Obituary
05 May, 2023

Accelerator Report: Crescendo at the LHC following the first stable beams at 6.8 TeV

Another important milestone was achieved in the LHC beam commissioning: on 21 April, the LHC Engineer in Charge declared “stable beams” at 6.8 TeV, the first time in 2023

News
Accelerators
27 April, 2023

Accelerator Report: Beam is back in the LHC

News
Accelerators
06 April, 2023
Accelerators
News
06 April, 2023

A spring awakening: CERN’s accelerators gear up for 2023

Following the winter shutdown, the injectors and accelerators are preparing for the 2023 data-taking season

News
Accelerators
29 March, 2023

Accelerator Report: Preparing for the upcoming LHC restart

With the progressive recommissioning of the injectors – including, now, the SPS – the various types of beam are being set up and are gradually reaching the downstream accelerators

News
Accelerators
22 March, 2023

Accelerator Report: The CERN accelerator complex is awakening from hibernation

The last LHC beam of 2022 was dumped in the early morning of Monday, 28 November; 17 weeks later, on Monday, 27 March 2023, we plan to inject the first beam of the year into the LHC

News
Accelerators
09 March, 2023

Feasibility Study for a possible Future Circular Collider (FCC) gets under way on the ground

The first phase involves a major geographical, geological and environmental data-gathering effort

News
Accelerators
07 March, 2023

News from the Chamonix workshop

The first Chamonix workshop, dedicated to LEP performance, took place in 1991 – we’ve come a long way since then!

Opinion
Accelerators
23 February, 2023
Accelerators
Opinion
23 February, 2023

Cool kickers for the HL-LHC

The first “MKI-Cool” was installed in early January – water-cooled ferrite cylinders will protect the LHC’s kicker magnets from increased heat load in the high-luminosity era

News
Accelerators
25 January, 2023
Accelerators
News
25 January, 2023

LHC Report: The switch was flipped, and the beams were dumped

Looking back on an exciting year for the LHC and its injector complex

News
Accelerators
07 December, 2022
Accelerators
News
07 December, 2022

A remedy against electron clouds inside particle colliders

An LHC quadrupole whose beam screen had been coated with a fine layer of carbon displayed minimal heat load in comparison to other magnets, constituting a promising step in eliminating electron clouds in future particle accelerators

News
Engineering
26 October, 2022
Engineering
News
26 October, 2022

An encouraging start for Run 3

Opinion
Accelerators
31 August, 2022
Accelerators
Opinion
31 August, 2022