The first beams are already circulating in the Linac4 and PS Booster and should reach the LHC on 11 March. A new physics run is about to begin!

In about a week, lead ions will be sent from the SPS into the LHC to collide in the accelerator’s four big experiments

Linac3 is already producing lead-ion beams to test some crucial new equipment that could significantly increase beam intensity and quality

As part of the EYETS activities, the Linac3 ion source was converted to a xenon ion source

In preparation for a physics run in 2015, the source for Linac 3 is being adapted to carry argon ions

Every two weeks, ion-source physicist Detlef Küchler refills the lead source for the LHC with pure lead 208

Accelerator team declares "stable beams" as lead ions collide with protons in first LHC physics beams of 2013