Installing high luminosity in the tunnel

Installing high luminosity in the tunnel

TANB

The TANB absorber was installed in the LHC tunnel to protect the accelerator components from particles produced by collisions occurring in the LHCb experiment. (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN).

The first definitive component of the High-Luminosity LHC, an absorber designed to protect the machine, has been installed in the LHC, CERN Updates.