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The disconnection of the LHC has begun
The 27 km circumference of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) contains thousands of magnets of different types – dipoles, quadrupoles, sextupoles, octupoles, decapoles, etc. – which each play a very specific role.
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The accelerator complex and Antimatter Factory delivered their last beams, marking the end of the third run and the start of major upgrade work to prepare for the HiLumi era
CERN’s injector complex and Antimatter Factory took their final steps towards Long Shutdown 3 (LS3) this morning, as the last particle beams were extracted and the machines fell silent
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Ensuring Electrical Integrity: ELQA’s Role in the LHC Long Shutdown 3
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has more than 1600 superconducting electrical circuits. They power the magnets that guide the beams around the 27 km ring.