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.
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 experimentsExperimentLocationSpokespersonDescriptionProposedApprovedBeganCompletedLinkWebsite ALICE IP2 Marco van Leeuven A large ion collider experiment: specialized on heavy ion collisions, with proton-proton collisions as reference ?? 6 Feb 1997 30 March 2010 N/A InspireGrey Book Website ATLAS IP1 Stephane Willocq A toroidal LHC apparatus: studying the Standard Model and searching for Beyond Standard Model signatures primarily with proton collisions Dec 1994 31 Jan 1996 30 March 2010 N/A InspireGrey Book Website CMS IP5 Gautier Hamel de Monchenault Compact muon solenoid: same purpose as for ATLAS Oct 1992 31 Jan 1996 30 March 2010 N/A InspireGrey Book Website LHCb IP8 Vincenzo Vagnoni LHC beauty experiment: studying primarily flavour physics with B-hadrons such as asymmetries and CP violations ?? 17 Sep 1998 30 March 2010 N/A InspireGrey Book Website LHCf IP1 Oscar AdrianiExperiment's detail LHC-forward: measurement of particles travelling close to the direction of the beam, simulating cosmic rays ?? 12 May 2004 30 March 2010 N/A InspireGrey Book Website MilliQan IP5 Christopher S. Hill, Andy Haas Search for milli-charged particles at the LHC 15 July 2016 2016 2017 N/AInspireInspireWebsite MOEDAL-MAPP IP8 James L. Pinfold Monopole and exotic particle detector at the LHC - MoEDAL Apparatus for Penetrating Particles July 2009 2 December 2009 January 2011CERN Courier, "MoEDAL becomes the LHC's magnificent seventh" , 5 May 2010 N/A InspireGrey Book Website TOTEM IP5 Simone GianiExperiment's detail Total cross section, elastic scattering and diffraction dissociation at the LHC 1999 18 May 1999 2010 N/A InspireGrey Book Website FASER IP1 James Boyd, Jonathan Feng ForwArd Search ExpeRiment: Search for long lived particles and neutrinos at the LHC 2017 5 March 2019 N/A N/A InspireGrey Book Website
MilliQan, 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
See also Experiments List of CERN experiments List of Super Proton Synchrotron experiments List of Proton Synchrotron experiments
Facilities CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research PS: Proton Synchrotron SPS: Super Proton Synchrotron ISOLDE: On-Line Isotope Mass Separator ISR: Intersecting Storage Rings LEP: Large Electron–Positron Collider LHC: Large Hadron Collider AD: Antiproton Decelerator
References
External links CERN website LHC website CERN Grey Book SPIRES database