Global accelerator facility powering discovery, collaboration, and open science. Explore experiments, data, and opportunities to engage with cutting-edge physics.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) brings together thousands of scientists and engineers to probe fundamental physics — from precision studies of the Higgs boson to searches for new particles and forces.
Precision measurements of collision processes to test the Standard Model and search for deviations pointing to new physics.
Detailed characterization of Higgs couplings, rare decays, and mass-dependent properties to understand electroweak symmetry breaking.
Search strategies for weakly interacting particles, long-lived states, and signatures beyond the Standard Model.
Advances in accelerator technology, detector instrumentation, and computing that enable future discoveries.
A general-purpose detector for a broad physics program including precision measurements and new-physics searches.
Complementary general-purpose detector with specialized strengths in precision tracking and calorimetry.
Specialized in heavy-ion collisions to study quark–gluon plasma and the strong interaction under extreme conditions.
Precision measurements of CP violation and rare decays to probe physics beyond the Standard Model.
The LHC produces petabytes of collision data each year. Our distributed computing grid, open data policies, and analysis tools enable reproducible science and broad researcher access.
Find datasets, simulation samples, and documentation to reproduce published results or develop new analyses.
Teacher workshops, university partnerships, and summer internships connecting students with real research data and mentors.
Learn morePublic lectures, interactive exhibits, and virtual tours bring collider science to broad audiences worldwide.
Upcoming eventsCollaborative analysis tightens constraints on rare decay channels. Summary and links to the paper and data.
ReadHands-on sessions exploring ML workflows for detector calibration and particle ID.
DetailsPublic dataset with documentation, tutorials, and example analyses for educators and researchers.
DownloadInformation on collaboration agreements, author policies, and how to join analysis groups.
ApplyOpportunities for early-career researchers, engineers, and data scientists. Listings and application guidance.
View openingsParticipate in public projects that leverage human pattern recognition to classify events or analyze detector artifacts.
ParticipateVisitor information, guided tour schedules, and access policies. Note: research-area access is restricted; contact for educational visits.