The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with a number of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the particles along the way. Thousands of magnets of different varieties and ...
How was the LHC designed? Scientists started thinking about the LHC in the early 1980s, when the previous accelerator, the LEP, was not yet running. In December 1994, CERN Council voted to approve the construction of the LHC and in October 1995, the LHC technical design report was published.
Overview of the High-Luminosity LHC project. (Video: CERN) The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HiLumi LHC) project aims to transform the LHC in order to increase the potential for discoveries after 2030. The objective is to maximise the performance of the LHC by increasing its integrated luminosity by a factor of 10 compared to its original design value. Luminosity is an important ...
CERN is home to a wide range of experiments. Scientists from institutes all over the world form experimental collaborations to carry out a diverse research programme, ensuring that CERN covers a wealth of topics in physics, from the Standard Model to supersymmetry and from exotic isotopes to cosmic rays. Several collaborations run experiments using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most ...
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.