As the 2025 LHC run enters its final ten weeks, strong performance pushes luminosity past 90 inverse femtobarns, while lead-ion preparations are ahead of schedule
Five-year extensions to CERN’s CLEAR and MEDICIS platforms will boost the impact of cutting-edge accelerator technologies in areas ranging from advanced medical treatments to aerospace electronics
The LHC pre-injectors delivered excellent availability throughout recent weeks, while an SPS electrical fault and an LHC collimator vacuum leak have been overcome, allowing a successful return to full luminosity production
The past weeks brought a mix of hands-on interventions and forward-looking studies across the CERN accelerator complex, while the LHC continued to catch up with the forecast luminosity curve
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.
Following the successful oxygen and neon ion runs, protons are back in the LHC, delivering luminosity at a high rate and slowly catching up with the forecast production rate. In addition, a slight increase of the bunch intensity is being considered
The Large Hadron Collider gets a breath of fresh air as it collides beams of protons and oxygen ions for the very first time. Oxygen–oxygen and neon–neon collisions are also on the menu of the next few days
