
The Large Hadron Collider | CERN
Nov 28, 2010 · 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 …
Facts and figures about the LHC - CERN
Facts and figures about the LHC Why is it called the “Large Hadron Collider”? "Large" refers to its size, approximately 27km in circumference "Hadron" because it accelerates protons or ions, …
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 …
Accelerators - CERN
Muon Collider AWAKE Past accelerators Many accelerators developed several decades ago are still in operation. The oldest of these is the Proton Synchrotron (PS), commissioned in 1959. …
First-ever collisions of oxygen at the LHC - CERN
Jul 1, 2025 · A major event at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC): the accelerator has just collided beams of protons and oxygen ions for the very first time. From 29 June to 9 July, the LHC will …
Grand collisionneur de hadrons - CERN
Feb 16, 2015 · Que se passe-t-il au LHC ? Saviez-vous que vous pouvez suivre en direct ce qui se passe dans l'accélérateur le plus puissant du monde ? « LHC Page 1 » donne un aperçu …
CERN releases report on the feasibility of a possible Future Circular ...
Mar 31, 2025 · After several years of intense work, CERN and international partners have completed a study to assess the feasibility of a possible Future Circular Collider (FCC). …
Muon Collider - CERN
A muon collider could be a possible post- High Luminosity LHC machine, to explore high-energy physics frontiers with a relatively small environmental footprint. A circular particle accelerator …
Looking back on 50 years of hadron colliders - CERN
Jan 26, 2021 · A section of the Intersecting Storage Rings, the world's first hadron collider. (Image: CERN) On 27 January 1971, the first proton collisions inside the Intersecting Storage …
The accelerator complex | CERN
CERN Accelerator Complex animation - OVERVIEW CERN Accelerator Complex animation - OVERVIEW This animation shows the path of the protons through CERN's accelerator …