Large Hadron Collider

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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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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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