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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ALICE Collaboration Board associatedWith Large Hadron Collider
CMS Collaboration associatedWithFacility Large Hadron Collider
CMS Collaboration usesAccelerator Large Hadron Collider
Large Electron–Positron Collider successor Large Hadron Collider
Z′ bosons searchedAt Large Hadron Collider
Max Planck Institute for Physics participatesIn Large Hadron Collider
this entity surface form: Large Hadron Collider experiments
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare participatesIn Large Hadron Collider
this entity surface form: Large Hadron Collider experiments
CERN Technology Department serves Large Hadron Collider
this entity surface form: LHC
CERN Experimental Physics Department uses Large Hadron Collider
Mosquitoes subjectOf Large Hadron Collider
LHC Run 4 partOf Large Hadron Collider
LHC Run 4 usesFacility Large Hadron Collider
Department of Physics collaboratesWith Large Hadron Collider
subject surface form: Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London
this entity surface form: Large Hadron Collider experiments
CERN data centre dataFrom Large Hadron Collider
CERN visitor centre topic Large Hadron Collider
Low Energy Ion Ring feeds Large Hadron Collider
Low Energy Ion Ring injectionEnergyTarget Large Hadron Collider
this entity surface form: LHC
T0 detector locatedIn Large Hadron Collider
Fast Interaction Trigger detector locatedAt Large Hadron Collider