The Large Hadron Collider

Author

Evans, L.R.

Author_Institution

Eur. Organization for Nucl. Res., Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1-5 May 1995

Firstpage

40

Abstract

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project was approved by the CERN Council in December 1994. The machine will provide proton-proton collisions with a centre of mass energy of 14 TeV and an unprecedented luminosity of 10³⁴ cm^-2 s^-1. In order to achieve the design energy within the constraint of the 27 km circumference LEP tunnel, the magnet system must operate in superfluid helium below 2 K, with a dipole field of 8.4 Tesla. In addition, space limitations in the tunnel as well as cost considerations dictate a two-in-one magnet design, where the two rings are incorporated into the same cryostat. The machine will also provide heavy (Pb) ion collisions with a luminosity of 10²⁷ cm^-2 s^-1 using the existing CERN ion facility. Space will be kept above the LHC for the eventual reinstallation of components of the LEP machine to provide future e-p collisions if the physics case justifies it

Keywords

accelerator magnets; colliding beam accelerators; cryostats; ion accelerators; proton accelerators; storage rings; superconducting magnets; synchrotrons; 14 TeV; 2 K; 8.4 T; CERN ion facility; He; LHC; Large Hadron Collider; Pb; Pb ion collisions; cost considerations; cryostat; design energy; dipole field; heavy ion collisions; magnet system; proton+proton collisions; space limitations; superfluid He; two-in-one magnet design; Apertures; Costs; Councils; Helium; Large Hadron Collider; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Protons; Radio frequency; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2934-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1995.504562

Filename

504562