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awesome, thought it was going to be shutdown for 8 years to make these upgrades "the LHC will continue to operate, with two long technical stop periods that wi

by xref 8y ago

awesome, thought it was going to be shutdown for 8 years to make these upgrades "the LHC will continue to operate, with two long technical stop periods that will allow preparations and installations to be made for high luminosity alongside yearly regular maintenance activities. After completion of this major upgrade, the LHC is expected to produce data in high-luminosity mode from 2026 onwards"

beojan 8y ago
It shuts down at the end of this year, and restarts in 2021. During this period the first set of detector upgrades will be installed. Then, it shuts down again at the end of 2023 for the rest of the upgrades before restarting as HL-LHC in 2026. https://project-hl-lhc-industry.web.cern.ch/content/project-schedule https://project-hl-lhc-industry.web.cern.ch/content/project-... So it'll be shut down for about half of those 8 years.