LHC First Physics

CERN is preparing the Large Hadron Collider for a restart in 2009. The first beam of the year is likely to be injected after mid-November. Information and resources for the media related to the restart can be found on the LHC First Physics website »

Latest Press Releases

20.11.2009

The LHC is back

Geneva, 20 November 2009. Particle beams are once again circulating in the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).»

19.10.2009

CERN announces "Voyage to the Heart of Matter" in pop-up form

Geneva, 19 October 2009. Voyage to the Heart of Matter, a new pop-up book about the science of CERN ’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), focusing on the ATLAS experiment, will be published on 9 November in London. »

19.08.2009

CinéGlobe 2010 international short film festival invites films for three competitions

Geneva, 19 August. The next edition of the CinéGlobe International Short Film Festival will take place the 16-20th of February 2010 at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland. Filmmakers are invited to submit their work. »

06.08.2009

LHC to run at 3.5 TeV for early part of 2009-2010 run rising later

Geneva, 6 August 2009. CERN's Large Hadron Collider will initially run at an energy of 3.5 TeV per beam when it starts up in November this year. This news comes after all tests on the machine's high-current electrical connections were completed last week, indicating that no further repairs are necessary for safe running. »