articleJournal of InstrumentationAug 14, 2008BRONZE OA

LHC Machine

European Organization for Nuclear Research

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Abstract

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN near Geneva is the world's newest and most powerful tool for Particle Physics research. It is designed to collide proton beams with a centre-of-mass energy of 14 TeV and an unprecedented luminosity of 1034 cm−2 s−1. It can also collide heavy (Pb) ions with an energy of 2.8 TeV per nucleon and a peak luminosity of 1027 cm−2 s−1. In this paper, the machine design is described.

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Keywords
  • Large Hadron Collider
  • Physics
  • Luminosity
  • Nuclear physics
  • Particle physics
  • Proton
  • Collider
  • Hadron
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Affordable and clean energy
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