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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LS1 report: A hot summer

Work is progressing well on the new access and safety system being deployed across the accelerator chain

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Accelerators
15 July, 2013
Accelerators
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15 July, 2013

LS1 report: preparatory phase complete

The preparatory phase in the LHC which includes electrical and leak test is now completed

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Accelerators
20 June, 2013
Accelerators
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20 June, 2013

Timelapse: Giant magnet flies through ALICE cavern

Watch a quadrupole magnet being lowered into the ALICE cavern for transportation to its required spot on the LHC

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Engineering
07 June, 2013

LS1 report: Operations on the right track

The SMACC interconnection train continues to progress in Sector 5-6 of the LHC

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Accelerators
03 June, 2013
Accelerators
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03 June, 2013

LS1 report: It's summer in the tunnel

The first Personnel Access Door of the new PS Complex access system is now operational at the PS Booster

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Accelerators
21 May, 2013
Accelerators
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21 May, 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

LS1 report: The electric atmosphere of the LHC

Testing of the LHC's main magnet circuits - dipole and quadrupole - has been completed

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Accelerators
19 March, 2013

LS1 report: onwards and upwards

The upgrade and maintenance of the LHC (LS1 - first long shutdown) started with the tests of most of the electromagnetic circuits

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Accelerators
05 March, 2013
Accelerators
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05 March, 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

LS1: Exciting times ahead

As the first and last proton-lead run of 2013 draws to a close, the maintenance programme of the LHC's first long shutdown (LS1) is about to start

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Accelerators
08 February, 2013
Accelerators
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08 February, 2013

Long Shutdown 1: Exciting times ahead

As the first and last proton-lead run of 2013 draws to a close, the extensive maintenance programme of the LHC's first long shutdown is about to start

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Accelerators
08 February, 2013
Accelerators
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08 February, 2013