16th High-Luminosity LHC Collaboration Meeting: a strong collaboration moving into deployment
As the project moves into large-scale deployment this meeting demonstrated the readiness achieved across the collaboration and CERN for the coming years, and was an important step towards the next chapter.
By Markus Zerlauth (CERN)
The 16th High-Luminosity (HiLumi) LHC Collaboration Meeting, kindly hosted by Royal Holloway, University of London, at their spectacular historic campus, brought together members of the collaboration and partner institutions at a particularly important moment for the project. With Long Shutdown 3 now underway, the HiLumi LHC is moving from a phase dominated by production and testing into the large-scale deployment and integration of its systems in the LHC tunnel.
The meeting demonstrated the impressive level of readiness achieved across the project and the successful completion of numerous important milestones, with a live connection to the ongoing de-installation activities in the LHC tunnel being one of the many highlights. Presentations throughout the three days showcased in particular the advancements achieved across the many collaborations contributing to the project. Many of the contributions are already at CERN, and partially already installed and operating successfully, such as in the IT String or test-benches at CERN in preparation for their final deployment in the LHC tunnel.
Beyond the many technical achievements, the meeting was a strong demonstration of the vitality of the HiLumi LHC community and a collaboration that remains highly active and engaged across CERN, partner laboratories, and institutes worldwide.
While three further collaborations are expected to reach successful completion within the coming twelve months, the meeting highlighted the value of maintaining such regular opportunities for the collaboration to meet, exchange experience, and coordinate the work still ahead.
The Royal Holloway meeting therefore marked not only a moment to celebrate what has been achieved, but also an important step towards the next chapter of the project.
We will be back soon with news about the next iteration of this important collaboration event, for a collaboration that remains essential to the success of the HiLumi LHC.
