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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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 of particle physics ⓘ
linked to: Standard Model
HiggsBosonDiscoveryExperiments ATLAS ⓘ
CMS ⓘ
HiggsBosonDiscoveryYear 2012 ⓘ
highLuminosityLHCStart planned mid-2020s ⓘ
hostsExperiment ALICE ⓘ
ATLAS ⓘ
CMS ⓘ
FASER ⓘ
LHCb ⓘ
LHCf ⓘ
MoEDAL ⓘ
TOTEM ⓘ
injectorChain LINAC2 / LINAC4 ⓘ
linked to: Linac4

Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
Proton Synchrotron Booster ⓘ
linked to: Proton Synchrotron

Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
locatedIn CERN ⓘ
France ⓘ
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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France–Switzerland border → passesNearFacility → CERN Large Hadron Collider ring ⓘ
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Linac4 → servesExperiments → Large Hadron Collider experiments ⓘ
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Super Proton Synchrotron → servesAsInjectorFor → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
ATLAS → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
CMS → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
ALICE → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
ALICE → collider → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
LHCb → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
LHCb → usesAccelerator → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
LHCb → parentOrganization → CERN LHC programme ⓘ
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TOTEM → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
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Standard Model → HiggsBosonDiscoveredAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
CERN Large Hadron Collider surface facilities → partOf → CERN Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
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LHC injector chain → commissionedFor → LHC ⓘ
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Saint-Genis-Pouilly → hasNearbyFacility → CERN Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
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LHC Injectors Upgrade → serves → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
subject linked to: LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU)
CERN accelerator complex → hasPart → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
CERN accelerator complex → mainComponent → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Forward Multiplicity Detector → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Forward Multiplicity Detector → locatedIn → LHC tunnel ⓘ
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LEP → successor → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Proton Synchrotron Booster → injectsInto → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
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Proton Synchrotron Booster → relatedTo → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Zero Degree Calorimeters → installedAt → Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ⓘ
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Super Proton Synchrotron → servesAsInjectorTo → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
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Super Proton Synchrotron → injectsInto → LHC ⓘ
subject linked to: SPS
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CLIC → aimsToComplement → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS → locatedAt → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Run 3 (2022– ) → partOf → Large Hadron Collider ⓘ
Run 3 (2022– ) → location → Large Hadron Collider tunnel ⓘ
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