LHC

Seven experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) use detectors to analyse the myriad of particles produced by collisions in the accelerator. These experiments are run by collaborations of scientists from institutes all over the world. Each experiment is distinct and characterised by its detectors.

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Lab-made liquid may cause strange particle behaviour

A new result from the CMS collaboration takes a step toward revealing the origin of the mysterious "ridge effect"

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Accelerators
08 May, 2013

LHC electrical tests: Increase the potential

Electrical-quality-assurance testing of superconducting circuits is underway in sector 3-4 of the LHC

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Accelerators
25 April, 2013
Accelerators
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25 April, 2013

The Large Hadron Collider goes to London

The Science Museum in London is launching a new exhibition featuring digital detector caverns and magnets from the LHC

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Accelerators
25 April, 2013
Accelerators
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25 April, 2013

The LHC ball test

By blowing a radiofrequency (RF) ball through the accelerator’s beam pipe, technicians are identifying and repairing faulty RF fingers

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Accelerators
22 April, 2013
Accelerators
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22 April, 2013

The LHC at level best

CERN surveyors have taken new measurements of the height of the LHC magnets in the tunnel, to see how geological shifts may be affecting the machine

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Accelerators
09 April, 2013
Accelerators
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09 April, 2013

LS1 report: Across the accelerator complex

The warm-up of the first LHC sector (5-6) is now complete; it is at room temperature for the first time in over three years

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Accelerators
08 April, 2013
Accelerators
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08 April, 2013

Consolidating LHC splices

Watch Jean-Phillipe Tock of the Technology department explain how CERN technicians are upgrading interconnections on the LHC

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Accelerators
19 March, 2013
Accelerators
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19 March, 2013

Get connected: Consolidating LHC splices

Watch Jean-Phillipe Tock of the Technology department explain how CERN technicians are upgrading interconnections on the Large Hadron Collider

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Engineering
19 March, 2013
Engineering
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19 March, 2013

ATLAS releases animated particle plots

The ATLAS collaboration has just released four animations showing how signals of new particles can emerge from LHC collision data

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Accelerators
12 March, 2013
Accelerators
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12 March, 2013

LHC access required: Time estimate ~ 2 years

On Saturday at 8.25am the crew in the CERN Control Centre extracted the beams from the LHC, ending the machine’s first three-year running period

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Accelerators
18 February, 2013
Accelerators
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18 February, 2013

First three-year LHC running period reaches a conclusion

At 7.24am, the shift crew in the CERN Control Centre extracted the beams from the Large Hadron Collider, ending the machine’s first three-year run

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Accelerators
14 February, 2013
Accelerators
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14 February, 2013

Heavy metal: Refilling the lead source for the LHC

Every two weeks, ion-source physicist Detlef Küchler refills the lead source for the LHC with pure lead 208

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Accelerators
04 February, 2013
Accelerators
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04 February, 2013