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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LS1: "Safety, quality, schedule"

Just as Olympic marathon runners have a motto, so the athletes of LS1 work to the mantra of "Safety, Quality, Schedule," says Rolf Heuer

Opinion
Accelerators
28 June, 2013
Accelerators
Opinion
28 June, 2013

20-year journey of discovery for LHC experiments

Conception of the LHC experiments took many years, this year three of them celebrate their 20th anniversaries

News
Accelerators
27 June, 2013

Timelapse: Giant magnet flies through ALICE cavern

Watch a quadrupole magnet being lowered into the ALICE cavern for transportation to its required spot on the LHC

News
Engineering
07 June, 2013

Keeping the LHC in power

This week, work began to upgrade and replace more than 100 Uninterruptible Power Supplies in the LHC

News
Engineering
21 May, 2013
Engineering
News
21 May, 2013

Lab-made liquid may cause strange particle behaviour

A new result from the CMS collaboration takes a step toward revealing the origin of the mysterious "ridge effect"

News
Accelerators
08 May, 2013

LHC electrical tests: Increase the potential

Electrical-quality-assurance testing of superconducting circuits is underway in sector 3-4 of the LHC

News
Accelerators
25 April, 2013
Accelerators
News
25 April, 2013

The Large Hadron Collider goes to London

The Science Museum in London is launching a new exhibition featuring digital detector caverns and magnets from the LHC

News
Accelerators
25 April, 2013
Accelerators
News
25 April, 2013

The LHC ball test

By blowing a radiofrequency (RF) ball through the accelerator’s beam pipe, technicians are identifying and repairing faulty RF fingers

News
Accelerators
22 April, 2013
Accelerators
News
22 April, 2013

The LHC at level best

CERN surveyors have taken new measurements of the height of the LHC magnets in the tunnel, to see how geological shifts may be affecting the machine

News
Accelerators
09 April, 2013
Accelerators
News
09 April, 2013

LS1 report: Across the accelerator complex

The warm-up of the first LHC sector (5-6) is now complete; it is at room temperature for the first time in over three years

News
Accelerators
08 April, 2013
Accelerators
News
08 April, 2013

Consolidating LHC splices

Watch Jean-Phillipe Tock of the Technology department explain how CERN technicians are upgrading interconnections on the LHC

News
Accelerators
19 March, 2013
Accelerators
News
19 March, 2013

Get connected: Consolidating LHC splices

Watch Jean-Phillipe Tock of the Technology department explain how CERN technicians are upgrading interconnections on the Large Hadron Collider

News
Engineering
19 March, 2013
Engineering
News
19 March, 2013