List of Large Hadron Collider experiments

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This is a list of experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The LHC is the most energetic particle collider in the world, and is used to test the accuracy of the Standard Model, and to look for physics beyond the Standard Model such as supersymmetry, extra dimensions, and others.

Contents

The list is first compiled from the SPIRES database, then missing information is retrieved from the online version CERN's Grey Book . The most specific information of the two is kept, e.g. if the SPIRES database lists December 2008, while the Grey Book lists 22 December 2008, the Grey Book entry is shown. When there is a conflict between the SPIRES database and the Grey Book, the SPIRES database information is listed, unless otherwise noted.

Large Hadron Collider experiments

LHC experiments
ExperimentLocationSpokespersonDescriptionProposedApprovedBeganCompletedLinkWebsite
ALICE IP2 Luciano Musa [1] Alarge ion collider experiment: specialized on heavy ion collisions, with proton-proton collisions as reference ??6 Feb 199730 March 2010N/A Inspire

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ATLAS IP1Andreas Hoecker [2] Atoroidal LHC apparatus: studying the Standard Model and searching for Beyond Standard Model signatures primarily with proton collisionsDec 199431 Jan 199630 March 2010N/A Inspire
Grey Book 		Website
CMS IP5 Luca Malgeri [3] Compact muon solenoid: same purpose as for ATLASOct 199231 Jan 199630 March 2010N/A Inspire
Grey Book 		Website
LHCb IP8 Giovanni Passaleva [4] LHCbeauty experiment: studying primarily flavour physics with B-hadrons such as asymmetries and CP violations ??17 Sep 199830 March 2010N/A Inspire
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LHCf IP1 Yasushi Muraki [5] LHC-forward: measurement of particles travelling close to the direction of the beam, simulating cosmic rays ??12 May 200430 March 2010N/A Inspire

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MATHUSLA IP1Henry LubattiMAssive Timing Hodoscope for Ultra-Stable neutraL pArticles: Search for long lived particles and neutrinos at the LHC2016 [6] 20172018 [7] [8] N/A Inspire Inspire Website
MilliQan IP5Christopher S. Hill, Andy HaasSearch for milli-charged particles at the LHC15 July 2016 [9] 2016Fall 2017 [10] [11] N/A Inspire

Inspire

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MOEDAL IP8 James L. Pinfold [12] Monopole and exotic particle detector at the LHCJuly 2009 [13] 2 December 2009 [14] January 2011 [15] N/A Inspire

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TOTEM IP5 Simone Giani [16] Total cross section, elastic scattering and diffraction dissociation at the LHC199918 May 19992010N/A Inspire
Grey Book 		Website
FASER IP1 Jamie Boyd, Jonathan Feng [17] ForwArd Search ExpeRiment: Search for long lived particles and neutrinos at the LHC20175 March 2019 [18] N/AN/A Inspire
Grey Book 		Website

MilliQan, MATHUSLA, FASER, LHCf, MOEDAL and TOTEM are much smaller than the other four experiments. Each is close to one of the larger experiments and uses the same collision point.

Notes

1. ^ Only a prototype has been approved and constructed so far, much smaller than the full proposed detector

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References

  1. ↑ Experiment's detail
  2. ↑ ATLAS Experiment's details (Accessed 2021-09-14)
  3. ↑ Experiment's detail
  4. ↑ LHCb Organization
  5. ↑ Experiment's detail
  6. ↑ Chou, John Paul; Curtin, David; Lubatti, H.J. (2017). "New detectors to explore the lifetime frontier". Physics Letters B. 767: 29–36. arXiv: 1606.06298 . Bibcode:2017PhLB..767...29C. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.01.043. S2CID   118621993.
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  9. ↑ Ball, Austin; Brooke, Jim; Campagnari, Claudio; Albert De Roeck; Francis, Brian; Gastal, Martin; Golf, Frank; Goldstein, Joel; Haas, Andy; Hill, Christopher S.; Izaguirre, Eder; Kaplan, Benjamin; Magill, Gabriel; Marsh, Bennett; Miller, David; Prins, Theo; Shakeshaft, Harry; Stuart, David; Swiatlowski, Max; Yavin, Itay (2016). "A Letter of Intent to Install a milli-charged Particle Detector at LHC P5". arXiv: 1607.04669 [physics.ins-det].
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  12. ↑ Experiment's detail
  13. ↑ James Pinfold (2010). "The MoEDAL TDR" . Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  14. ↑ James Pinfold (2010). "CERN Research Board Approves the MoEDAL Experiment". The MoEDAL Milestone Blog. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  15. ↑ CERN Courier, "MoEDAL becomes the LHC's magnificent seventh", 5 May 2010
  16. ↑ Experiment's detail
  17. ↑ Experiment's detail
  18. ↑ Cristina Agrigoroae (2019). "FASER: CERN approves new experiment to look for long-lived, exotic particles" . Retrieved 2019-03-07.
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