This is a list of current and proposed experiments that take place, or would take place, at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The LHC is the most energetic particle collider in the world, and will be used to test the accuracy of the Standard Model (and particularly to search for the Higgs boson), and 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.
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Experiment | Location | Spokesperson | Description | Proposed | Approved | Began | Completed | Link | Website |
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ALICE | IP2 | Paolo Giubellino | A large ion collider experiment: producing quark–gluon plasma by colliding lead nuclei (~2.76 TeV) | ?? | 6 Feb 1997 | 30 March 2010 | N/A | SPIRES Grey Book |
Website |
ATLAS | IP1 | Fabiola Gianotti[nb 1] | A toroidal LHC apparatus: shedding light on the inconsistencies of the Standard Model | Dec 1994 | 31 Jan 1996 | 30 March 2010 | N/A | SPIRES Grey Book |
Website |
CMS | IP5 | Michel Jean Della Negra | Compact muon solenoid: same purpose as for ATLAS | Oct 1992 | 31 Jan 1996 | 30 March 2010 | N/A | SPIRES Grey Book |
Website |
LHCb | IP8 | Pierluigi Campana | LHC beauty experiment: measuring certain B-hadron qualities such as asymmetries and CP violations, | ?? | 17 Sep 1998 | 30 March 2010 | N/A | SPIRES Grey Book |
Website |
LHCf | IP1 | Yasushi Muraki | LHC-foward: measurement of neutral 0π meson production, in order to understand ultra high energy cosmic rays | ?? | 12 May 2004 | Not yet | N/A | Grey Book | Website |
FELIX | IP4 | Karsten Eggert, Cyrus Taylor | Forward elastic and inelastic experiment at the LHC | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | SPIRES | Website |
FP420 | IP1, IP5 | Brian Cox | Foward proton detectors at 420 m [from the ATLAS and/or CMS interaction point(s)] | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | SPIRES | Website |
HV-QF | IP5 | Antonio Ferrando | Hadron very forward calorimeter, quartz fiber option | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | SPIRES | Website |
MOEDAL | IP8 | James L. Pinfold | Monopole and exotic particle detector at the LHC | July 2009[1] | 2 December 2009[2] | ?? | ?? | SPIRES | Website |
TOTEM | IP5 | Karsten Eggert | Total cross section, elastic scattering and diffraction dissociation at the LHC | 1999 | 18 May 1999 | Not yet | N/A | SPIRES Grey Book |
Website |
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