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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A breakthrough for high luminosity

The underground structures of the High-Luminosity LHC have been connected to the LHC tunnel

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Accelerators
13 December, 2019
Accelerators
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13 December, 2019

A new schedule for the LHC and its successor

The LHC will restart in May 2021 and Run 3 will be extended by one year

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Accelerators
13 December, 2019
Accelerators
News
13 December, 2019

Society benefits from investing in particle physics

The socioeconomic and cultural benefits from upgrading the Large Hadron Collider exceed the project’s costs

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At CERN
03 December, 2019

Aligning the HL-LHC magnets with interferometry

CERN surveyors have developed a procedure based on interferometry to determine the position of cold masses inside the cryostats of the future HL-LHC

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Accelerators
12 November, 2019
Accelerators
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12 November, 2019

LS2 Report: CMS set to glitter with installation of new GEMs

The CMS muon system is being upgraded to help track muons with ever-higher precision

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Experiments
17 September, 2019
Experiments
News
17 September, 2019

Sensor used at CERN could help gravitational-wave hunters

A new seismic device developed by CERN and JINR is now being tested at the Advanced Virgo detector

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Engineering
30 August, 2019

Installing high luminosity in the tunnel

The first definitive component of the High-Luminosity LHC, an absorber designed to protect the machine, has been installed in the LHC

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Accelerators
04 September, 2019
Accelerators
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04 September, 2019

High-Luminosity LHC: diggers at work 100 metres underground

Work for the High-Luminosity LHC is in progress right under our feet

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Engineering
01 August, 2019

Report reveals full reach of LHC programme

A 1000+ page report quantifies the physics potential of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider

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Physics
19 March, 2019

The time of the LHC Injectors Upgrade project

After years of careful preparation, the LHC’s second long shutdown, LS2, is now under way. Over the coming 18 months, the upgrade of the LHC’s injector complex will be the primary focus for technical teams across the Organization

Opinion
Accelerators
26 February, 2019
Accelerators
Opinion
26 February, 2019

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
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26 February, 2019