The timing and duration of the third long shutdown (LS3) of the Large Hadron Collider and injector complex has changed, here’s why

On 23 September, the LHC reached its 2024 target for integrated luminosity. And then a cryogenic station broke down…

The physics run for the SPS North Area will start on 4 November, followed by the LHC lead-ion physics run on 6 November, and the PS East Area on 11 November

Lucio Rossi led the group responsible for developing and launching the industrial production of the superconducting magnets for the LHC

On Sunday, 1 September, the LHC integrated luminosity for Run 3 (2022–2025) equalled that of Run 2 (2015–2018)

The LHC reached its 10 000th fill on 13 August 2024

CERN’s accelerators show very good availability rates: beams are in place

Restarting the entire accelerator complex after a technical stop is rarely seamless and often comes with unexpected technical challenges

Dismantling a beam dump is a real conundrum – that’s what the 2020 “autopsy” concluded. To solve it, the new spare LHC beam dumps have been made easier to “cut”

We are optimistic that we will have a successful luminosity production period this summer

The LHC injector chain has been switched to a new beam production scheme to explore its potential to produce more collisions in the LHC and to compare its performance to that of the standard LHC beam

The LHC is performing well and the injector complex is treating its experimental users to a high level of beam availability