Protecting the components of CERN’s future accelerator

Protecting the components of CERN’s future accelerator

These two new collimators have been developed at CERN for the future HL-LHC. These models will be installed at LHC interaction points 1 (ATLAS detector) and 5 (CMS detector) during Long Shutdown 3 (LS3). (Image: CERN)

These two new collimators have been developed at CERN for the future HL-LHC. These models will be installed at LHC interaction points 1 (ATLAS detector) and 5 (CMS detector) during Long Shutdown 3 (LS3). (Image: CERN)

The collimation system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which protects the accelerator’s components, needs an upgrade to be able to handle the performance of CERN’s future accelerator, CERN News.

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