Long Shutdown 1

In early 2013 the CERN accelerator complex shut down for two years of planned maintenance and consolidation. The work prepared the accelerators and experiments for running the LHC at the higher energy of 13 TeV

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HiLumi News: protecting the components of CERN’s future accelerator

The collimation system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which protects the accelerator’s components, needs an upgrade to be able to handle the performance of CERN’s future accelerator

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Accelerators
31 January, 2024
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31 January, 2024

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
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12 March, 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
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12 January, 2015

Beams come knocking on the LHC's door

Weekend tests with beams brought protons just short of the LHC

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Accelerators
24 November, 2014
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24 November, 2014

LS1 report: NA62 readies for beam

On Wednesday, 10 September, the last NA62 straw tracker chamber was lowered into position in the experiment

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Accelerators
08 October, 2014
Accelerators
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08 October, 2014

First accelerator-based physics of 2014

Experiments in the East Area received their first beams from the PS last week. Theirs is CERN's first accelerator-based physics since LS1 began

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Accelerators
21 July, 2014
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21 July, 2014

CERN announces LHC restart schedule

Cool down of the Large Hadron Collider has already begun in preparation for research to resume early in 2015

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Accelerators
23 June, 2014
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23 June, 2014

LS1 report: first beams in the PS Booster

On 2 June the PS Booster had beam for the first time since the beginning of LS1

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Accelerators
10 June, 2014
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10 June, 2014

In pictures: final weld in the LHC splice consolidation

Images of the last of over ten thousand M welds on LHC magnet interconnections that were performed as part of the LS1 consolidation work

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Accelerators
16 May, 2014

LS1 report: PS Booster prepares for beam

With Linac2 up and running, the countdown to beam in the LHC has begun: next in line is the PS Booster

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Accelerators
13 May, 2014
Accelerators
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13 May, 2014

LS1 report: Blowing away the cobwebs

With the pressure tests now complete we are coming to the equally important phase of cleaning the machine

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Accelerators
03 March, 2014
Accelerators
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03 March, 2014

LS1 report: Full-size security

Last week several CERN teams were involved in creating a life-size mock helium leak in Sector 4-5

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Accelerators
18 February, 2014
Accelerators
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18 February, 2014