Large Hadron Collider

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circular collider hadron collider particle accelerator scientific research facility

The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, used to smash subatomic particles together at unprecedented energies to study fundamental physics, including the Higgs boson.

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Surface form Occurrences
LHC 7
CERN Large Hadron Collider 2
CERN LHC programme 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf circular collider ⓘ
hadron collider ⓘ
particle accelerator ⓘ
scientific research facility ⓘ
approximateCost about 4.6 billion Swiss francs ⓘ
beamType lead ion ⓘ
proton ⓘ
constructionEndDate 2008 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1998 ⓘ
coolingMedium liquid helium ⓘ
dataUse high-energy physics research worldwide ⓘ
designedCenterOfMassEnergy 14 TeV ⓘ
firstBeamDate 10 September 2008 ⓘ
firstLongShutdown 2013 ⓘ
firstLongShutdownEnd 2015 ⓘ
firstPhysicsRunStart 2009 ⓘ
fundedBy CERN member states ⓘ
governingTheoryFramework Standard Model ⓘ
surface form: Standard Model of particle physics
HiggsBosonDiscoveryExperiments ATLAS ⓘ
CMS ⓘ
HiggsBosonDiscoveryYear 2012 ⓘ
highLuminosityLHCStart planned mid-2020s ⓘ
hostsExperiment ALICE ⓘ
ATLAS ⓘ
CMS ⓘ
FASER ⓘ
LHCb ⓘ
LHCf ⓘ
MoEDAL ⓘ
TOTEM ⓘ
injectorChain Linac4 ⓘ
surface form: LINAC2 / LINAC4

Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
surface form: Proton Synchrotron Booster

Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
locatedIn CERN ⓘ
France ⓘ
Geneva metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Geneva region

Switzerland ⓘ
locatedUnderground true ⓘ
notableDiscovery Higgs boson ⓘ
numberOfRings 2 ⓘ
operatingTemperature about 1.9 K ⓘ
operator CERN ⓘ
primaryPurpose study of fundamental particles and forces ⓘ
researchFocus Higgs boson ⓘ
electroweak symmetry breaking ⓘ
quantum chromodynamics ⓘ
search for extra dimensions ⓘ
search for physics beyond the Standard Model ⓘ
search for supersymmetry ⓘ
study of quark–gluon plasma ⓘ
ringShape circular ⓘ
run1Energy 7 to 8 TeV ⓘ
run2Energy 13 TeV ⓘ
run3Energy 13.6 TeV ⓘ
safetyAssessment no credible risk to Earth according to scientific reviews ⓘ
secondLongShutdown 2019 ⓘ
secondLongShutdownEnd 2022 ⓘ
tunnelCircumference approximately 27 kilometers ⓘ
tunnelDepth about 50 to 175 meters underground ⓘ
upgradeProgram High-Luminosity LHC ⓘ
usesMagnetType superconducting dipole magnets ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Standard Model → HiggsBosonDiscoveredAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
CMS experiment → accelerator → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
VELO → accelerator → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
CLIC → aimsToComplement → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Peter Higgs → associatedWith → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
High-Luminosity LHC → basedOn → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
ALICE → collider → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
FASER → collider → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Inner Tracking System → collider → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
SND@LHC → collider → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
this entity surface form: LHC
ALICE experiment → colliderUsed → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
LHC injector chain → commissionedFor → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
this entity surface form: LHC
Higgs boson → discoveredUsing → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Tevatron → energyRecordSurpassedBy → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
LINAC3 → feeds → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
LIU → feeds → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
LEIR → feedsAccelerator → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
LHC injector chain → feedsInto → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Saint-Genis-Pouilly → hasNearbyFacility → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
this entity surface form: CERN Large Hadron Collider
this entity surface form: Large Hadron Collider (CERN)
CERN accelerator complex → hasPart → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Linac2 → injectionTarget → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
PS → injectsInto → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Proton Synchrotron Booster → injectsInto → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
SPS → injectsInto → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
subject surface form: Super Proton Synchrotron
this entity surface form: LHC
Zero Degree Calorimeters → installedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
this entity surface form: Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
LINAC3 → isInjectorFor → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
this entity surface form: LHC
A Large Ion Collider Experiment → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
ALICE → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
ALICE experiment → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
ATLAS → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
CMS → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
CMS experiment → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
FASER → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Forward Multiplicity Detector → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
LHCb → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
LHCf → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Photon Spectrometer → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
SND@LHC → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
TOTEM → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
VELO → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Arm1 detector → locatedAtAccelerator → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Arm2 detector → locatedAtAccelerator → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
MoEDAL → locatedAtAccelerator → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Forward Multiplicity Detector → locatedIn → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
this entity surface form: LHC tunnel
Inner Tracking System → locatedIn → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Muon Spectrometer → locatedIn → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
ForwArd Search ExpeRiment → locatedInFacility → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ