Tag: Long Shutdown 2
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HiLumi News: protecting the components of CERN’s future accelerator
The collimation system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which protects the accelerator’s components, needs an upgrade to be able to handle the performance of CERN’s future accelerator
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Autopsy of an LHC beam dump
For the first time at CERN, an autopsy has been carried out on a radioactive beam dump. Inspection of the inner workings of the device helped the teams to find out more about how materials behave under the impact of high-energy beams
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The SPS beam dump
On 7 March, beams were circulated in the SPS for the first time this year. In this article, we reflect on the successful commissioning of the accelerator’s new beam dump
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Live: from the ATLAS experiment
Join scientists live from the underground cavern of the ATLAS experiment tomorrow on social media
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LIVE: From the CMS experiment
Join scientists live from the underground cavern of the CMS experiment today on social media
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New schedule for CERN’s accelerators and experiments
The schedule for the current long shutdown (LS2) has had to be modified due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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LS2 Report: The High-Luminosity LHC is ready for injection
A new beam absorber, developed for high luminosity, has been installed in the LHC
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A new schedule for the LHC and its successor
The LHC will restart in May 2021 and Run 3 will be extended by one year