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 magnets with …
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). Reflecting the expertise 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. Others have …
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 its High …
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, which belong …
CERN Council reviews feasibility study for a next-generation collider
Nov 10, 2025 · Particle colliders are unique instruments that allow the smallest constituents of matter and the laws of the universe to be studied at the most fundamental level. CERN and its partners in …
Private donors pledge 860 million euros for CERN’s Future Circular …
Dec 18, 2025 · For the first time in CERN’s history, private donors (individuals and philanthropic foundations) have agreed to support a CERN flagship research project. Recently, a group of friends …
The Safety of the LHC - CERN
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) can achieve an energy that no other particle accelerators have reached before, but Nature routinely produces higher energies in cosmic-ray collisions. Concerns …
The Higgs boson - CERN
In our current description of Nature, every particle is a wave in a field. The most familiar example of this is light: light is simultaneously a wave in the electromagnetic field and a stream of particles called …
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 switch to a …