High-Luminosity LHC

The High-Luminosity LHC is a project to increase the luminosity of the Large Hadron Collider by a factor of 10 beyond its design value by 2020.

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What’s in store for the CMS detector over the next two years?

With the LHC switched off for a two-year technical stop, CMS is undergoing significant maintenance and upgrades

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Experiments
26 February, 2019
Experiments
News
26 February, 2019

Wheels in motion: what’s planned for ATLAS in the next two years?

Enhancing ATLAS’s detection capabilities in preparation for the LHC restart

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Experiments
26 February, 2019
Experiments
News
26 February, 2019

Upgrading ALICE: What’s in store for the next two years?

Major internal improvements await the ALICE detector during CERN’s Long Shutdown 2 (LS2)

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Experiments
05 February, 2019
Experiments
News
05 February, 2019

First civil-engineering milestone passed for HL-LHC

Excavation of the two new shafts for the HL-LHC at points 1 and 5 of the accelerator has been completed

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Engineering
25 January, 2019
Engineering
News
25 January, 2019

The year of the crab

Tests carried out in 2018 on two crab cavities in the SPS validated their technical principle and many operating parameters

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Accelerators
15 January, 2019
Accelerators
News
15 January, 2019

A brand-new beam screen to cope with high luminosity

The beam screen for the High-Luminosity LHC will be installed by 2024 in the aperture of the inner triplet superconducting magnets near ATLAS and CMS

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Accelerators
11 December, 2018
Accelerators
News
11 December, 2018

Key plans for the next two years of the LHC

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Accelerators
10 December, 2018
Accelerators
News
10 December, 2018

LHC prepares for new achievements

After an outstanding performance, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the accelerator complex and the experiments are now stopping for two years for major improvements and upgrading.

Press release
Accelerators
03 December, 2018
Accelerators
Press release
03 December, 2018

High-Luminosity LHC: we’re halfway there

The HL-LHC is shaping up to be a worthy successor to the LHC, which is having another spectacular year

Opinion
Accelerators
29 October, 2018
Accelerators
Opinion
29 October, 2018

High-Luminosity LHC

Accelerators

Halfway to high luminosity

Halfway between launch and start-up, what is the status of the High-Luminosity LHC project?

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Accelerators
23 October, 2018
Accelerators
News
23 October, 2018

More powerful protectors for higher luminosity

An important protection component for the High-Luminosity LHC has been successfully tested at the HiRadMat facility

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Engineering
29 October, 2018
Engineering
News
29 October, 2018