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Large Hadron Collider reaches its first stable beams in 2024
Large Hadron Collider reaches its first stable beams in 2024LHC Page 1 showing the first stable beams of 2024 (Image: CERN)On Friday 5 April, at 6.25 p.m., the LHC Engineer-in-Charge at the CERN...
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Accelerator Report: The LHC is well ahead of schedule
Accelerator Report: The LHC is well ahead of schedule Almost the whole accelerator complex is now in “physics mode”, routinely delivering the various types of beam to the different physics facilities...
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Accelerator Report: Keeping cool and adapting to challenges
Accelerator Report: Keeping cool and adapting to challengesOn 29 April, the LHC team received the green light for the final step in the intensity ramp-up and added the last 141 bunches to obtain a full...
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Accelerator Report: Already a fifth of the way there
Accelerator Report: Already a fifth of the way thereThe whole CERN accelerator complex and its associated experimental facilities have been fully operational for some time now, so the time is ripe to...
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HiLumi News: The HL-LHC’s cold powering system successfully passed the tests
HiLumi News: The HL-LHC’s cold powering system successfully passed the testsThe HL-LHC cold powering system undergoing tests in SM18. (Image: CERN)If you’re an avid follower of High-Luminosity LHC...
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Accelerator Report: Exploring potential performance increases
Accelerator Report: Exploring potential performance increasesOver the years, the teams responsible for the LHC proton injector chain (Linac 4, PS Booster, PS and SPS) have developed various production...
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Accelerator Report: Setting the stage for a productive summer
Accelerator Report: Setting the stage for a productive summerOn 5 June, the first period of luminosity production at the LHC came to an end and we began our second machine development (MD) session. The...
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New beam dumps: cut along the dotted line
New beam dumps: cut along the dotted lineWhen particle beams circulating in the LHC need to be stopped, they are directed towards the beam dumps. In 2020, during Long Shutdown 2, the main LHC beam...
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Accelerator Report: Technical stops always hold a few surprises
Accelerator Report: Technical stops always hold a few surprises The LHC technical stop started on 10 June, and the injector complex’s technical stop two days later. These stops were scheduled to align...
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Accelerator Report: No summer holidays for the accelerator complex
Accelerator Report: No summer holidays for the accelerator complexSince the technical stop in June, Linac4 has been running quite smoothly, delivering beam to the PS Booster with good availability, of...
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Accelerator Report: Navigating hot summer days and thunderstorms
Accelerator Report: Navigating hot summer days and thunderstormsAlthough summer weather has finally arrived and many have left or will soon leave for holidays, the accelerator complex has no intention...
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Accelerator Report: 10 000 LHC fills!
Accelerator Report: 10 000 LHC fills!LHC fill 10 000 during stable collisions for the experiments.(Image: CERN)Each LHC machine cycle is assigned a “fill number” to identify it uniquely. This fill...
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Accelerator Report: LHC Run 3 achieves record-breaking integrated luminosity
Accelerator Report: LHC Run 3 achieves record-breaking integrated luminosityLHC Run 3 began in 2022, with the recommissioning of the LHC at 6.8 TeV, resulting in the delivery of 39.7 fb⁻¹ of integrated...
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How can physicists make particle accelerators more efficient?
How can physicists make particle accelerators more efficient?The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), one of the many accelerators in CERN’s complex that will benefit from the EPA project. (Image: CERN)As...
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Accelerator Report: Preparing the LHC and its injector complex for the 2024...
Accelerator Report: Preparing the LHC and its injector complex for the 2024 lead-ion runIn the early morning of 13 September, the LHC reached a significant milestone, surpassing 100 fb-1 of integrated...
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Accelerator Report: Target reached, but compressor off
Accelerator Report: Target reached, but compressor offIn the last report, I highlighted that the LHC had successfully delivered 100 fb⁻¹ of integrated luminosity to ATLAS and CMS by 13 September 2024....
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CERN70: Switching on the Large Hadron Collider
CERN70: Switching on the Large Hadron Collider4 October 2024 · Voir en françaisPart 18 of the CERN70 feature series. Find out more: cern70.cernLyn Evans was Project Leader for the Large Hadron Collider...
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Updated schedule for CERN’s accelerators
Updated schedule for CERN’s acceleratorsIn the September CERN Council Session, we presented a revised schedule for Long Shutdown 3 (LS3) of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its injector complex....
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New schedule for CERN's accelerators CERN has revised its schedule for its accelerator complex. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is currently in its third period of physics data taking (Run 3), and this...
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Accelerator Report: Ending the 2024 LHC proton run on a high note
Accelerator Report: Ending the 2024 LHC proton run on a high noteThis year’s LHC proton run, which has seen protons colliding at an energy of 6.8 TeV, ended on 16 October, surpassing expectations with...
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