Cian O'Luanaigh

Cian O'Luanaigh was the web editor in the CERN communications group from 2011-2015.

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Low-energy collisions tune LHC experiments

This morning, for the first time in two years, proton-proton collisions were delivered to the LHC experiments at injection energy: 450 GeV per beam

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Accelerators
05 May, 2015
Accelerators
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05 May, 2015

First successful beam at record energy of 6.5 TeV

Last night the LHC operations team successfully circulated a beam at 6.5 TeV - one of many steps before the LHC can deliver collisions to experiments

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Accelerators
10 April, 2015

LHC: Preparations for collisions at 13 TeV

With proton beams back in the LHC, operations experts have weeks of work to do before they can collide beams in experiments at the energy of 13 TeV

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Accelerators
09 April, 2015
Accelerators
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09 April, 2015

CERN researchers confirm existence of the Force

Physicists at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics announced today that an invisible Force permeates the universe, binding the galaxy together

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At CERN
01 April, 2015

The LHC: A stronger machine

Watch CERN engineers explain the work during the laboratory's long shutdown to prepare the LHC for running at 13 TeV

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Accelerators
12 March, 2015
Accelerators
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12 March, 2015

Subatomic: Photographs and particle tracks

A new documentary made in collaboration with Arts @ CERN explores the overlap between photography and particle physics

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Experiments
05 March, 2015
Experiments
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05 March, 2015

LHC injection tests to begin

The Operations team is testing the systems that deliver beams to the Large Hadron Collider in preparation for the start-up this month

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Accelerators
06 March, 2015
Accelerators
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06 March, 2015

ATLAS physicist wins L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science award

Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli, who leads a research team in Morocco for the ATLAS collaboration, is among this year's laureates

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Experiments
04 March, 2015

CERN's two-year shutdown drawing to a close

Two years ago, CERN's accelerators and experiments shut down for maintenance, to prepare the LHC for running at 13 TeV

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Accelerators
13 February, 2015
Accelerators
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13 February, 2015

COMPASS pinpoints polarisability of pions

A new result brings precision to a key measurement of strong-interaction physics

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Experiments
10 February, 2015
Experiments
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10 February, 2015

LHC Season 2: holding the key to new frontiers

With ‘LHC Season 2’ starting soon, running at a new high energy, the LHC key is handed back to the machine operators today

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Accelerators
12 January, 2015
Accelerators
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12 January, 2015

LHC filling with liquid helium at 4 kelvin

The CERN cryogenics team are filling the LHC with liquid helium, cooling entire sections to below 4K

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Engineering
17 December, 2014
Engineering
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17 December, 2014