luminosity

Luminosity is an important indicator of the performance of an accelerator: it is proportional to the number of collisions that occur in a given amount of time. The higher the luminosity, the more data the experiments can gather to allow them to observe rare processes.
18 results

The LHC takes a break before heading to new heights

After two months at full throttle, the LHC is taking a short break to allow various studies of its operation

News
Accelerators
28 July, 2016

LHC performance reaches new highs

The LHC has chalked up a series of new records, providing its experiments with a torrent of new data

News
Accelerators
08 July, 2016
Accelerators
News
08 July, 2016

LHC Report: staying cool despite record highs

These two last weeks have been a highlight of LHC operation, delivering record luminosity

News
Accelerators
13 June, 2016
Accelerators
News
13 June, 2016

Data harvest in the LHC

Higher intensity beams are circulating in the LHC providing more and more collisions to the experiments

News
Accelerators
02 June, 2016
Accelerators
News
02 June, 2016

Congratulations to SuperKEKB for “first turns"

The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) in Japan celebrates first turns and successful storage of beams in the SuperKEKB collider

News
Physics
02 March, 2016

Seeing is believing

Lucio Rossi reflects on how particle accelerators extend our sense of sight

Opinion
Physics
24 February, 2015
Physics
Opinion
24 February, 2015