Tag: YETS
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Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex is gradually waking up from the winter shutdown
Beam commissioning is progressing well in CERN’s accelerator complex, with beams already at the gates of the SPS
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Accelerator Report: Run 3 operations counting down to LS3
Linac4 and the PS Booster have already completed their standalone beam commissioning successfully and have handed over the baton to the PS
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Accelerator Report: A very busy technical stop ahead of Long Shutdown 3
This technical stop is particularly intense, being both shorter than usual, to maximise the limited time for physics, and very busy, to make essential preparations for LS3, which begins in June
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Accelerator Report: A strong finish and a swift transition into the winter break
The 2025 run was successfully completed on 8 December at 6.00 a.m., signalling the start of the year-end technical stop for the LHC and the injector complex
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LHC delivers a record number of particle collisions in 2025
All experiments broke records in the final full operating year of the third run of the LHC
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Accelerator Report: A summer of hot spells for the LHC
So far the summer run has seen solid progress in luminosity production, but also some unexpected beam and machine behaviour. Careful monitoring revealed a hardware issue, now being closely watched as the LHC continues to perform at full capacity.
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Accelerator Report: A first step towards beam production – the Linac4 source is running again
The activities of the year-end technical stop (YETS) have come to an end in the first machines of the injector complex
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Accelerator Report: Another exciting year ahead
Although the much-appreciated winter break is well behind us and most of us are back at work, the accelerator complex is still in hibernation – but not for much longer
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Accelerator Report: A well-deserved winter break for the accelerator complex
Soon, CERN personnel will take a well-deserved winter break, just like the accelerator complex. Following a successful year, the remainder of the accelerator complex was stopped on 2 December, marking the official start of the year-end technical stop
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Record data for the LHC in 2024
The LHC’s tenth year of operation ends with exceptional data collection