
The Large Hadron Collider - CERN
The Large Hadron Collider 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 …
Accelerators - CERN
Accelerators use electromagnetic fields to accelerate and steer particles. Radiofrequency cavities boost the particle beams, while magnets focus the beams and bend their trajectory. In a …
How an accelerator works - CERN
How an accelerator works Electric fields and radiofrequency cavities accelerate particles inside accelerators, while powerful magnets focus or steer the particle beams Accelerators were …
The accelerator complex | CERN
science accelerators accelerator complex The accelerator complex CERN’s accelerator complex There's more to CERN than the Large Hadron Collider. A series of accelerators work together …
The Future Circular Collider | CERN
The Future Circular Collider (FCC) study is developing designs for higher performance particle colliders that could follow on from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) once it reaches the end of …
Facts and figures about the LHC - CERN
The maintenance and upgrade works represent about 100 MCHF for the LHC and 50 MCHF for the accelerator complex without the LHC. What is the LHC power consumption? The total …
The Proton Synchrotron - CERN
The PS first accelerated protons on 24 November 1959, becoming for a brief period the world’s highest energy particle accelerator. The PS was CERN’s first synchrotron. It was initially …
About CERN
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It first started up on 10 September 2008, and remains the latest addition to CERN’s accelerator …
How can physicists make particle accelerators more efficient?
Sep 11, 2024 · The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), one of the many accelerators in CERN’s complex that will benefit from the EPA project. (Image: CERN) As particle accelerator …
Large Hadron Collider restarts - CERN
Apr 22, 2022 · The world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator has restarted after a break of more than three years for maintenance, consolidation and upgrade work. Today, 22 …