The Large Hadron Collider has been Shut Down, and Will Stay Down for Two Years While they Perform Major Upgrades

By Evan Gough December 5, 2018
The Large Hadron Collider has been Shut Down, and Will Stay Down for Two Years While they Perform Major Upgrades

“The second run of the LHC has been impressive..." - Frédérick Bordry, CERN Director for Accelerators and Technology.

“The Higgs boson is a special particle..." - Fabiola Gianotti, CERN Director-General.

“The rich harvest of the second run enables the researchers to look for very rare processes.” - Eckhard Elsen, Director for Research and Computing at CERN.

Sources:

  • CERN Press Release: LHC prepares for new achievements

  • CERN Press Release: CERN’s LHCb experiment reports observation of exotic pentaquark particles

  • CERN Press Release: The LHCb experiment is charmed to announce observation of a new particle with two heavy quarks

  • CERN Web Page: High-Luminosity LHC

  • CERN Press Release: The LHC: A stronger machine

  • Wikipedia Entry: Higgs boson

  • CERN Web Page: The Standard Model

    • Evan Gough

    Evan Gough

    Evan Gough is a science-loving guy with no formal education who loves Earth, forests, hiking, and heavy music. He's guided by Carl Sagan's quote: "Understanding is a kind of ecstasy."