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Large Hadron Collider — Advancing the Frontiers of Particle Physics

Global accelerator facility powering discovery, collaboration, and open science. Explore experiments, data, and opportunities to engage with cutting-edge physics.

Overview

The world's highest-energy particle collider

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.

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Key Research Areas

Key Research Areas

High-energy collisions

Precision measurements of collision processes to test the Standard Model and search for deviations pointing to new physics.

Higgs boson studies

Detailed characterization of Higgs couplings, rare decays, and mass-dependent properties to understand electroweak symmetry breaking.

Dark matter & beyond

Search strategies for weakly interacting particles, long-lived states, and signatures beyond the Standard Model.

Accelerator & detector R&D

Advances in accelerator technology, detector instrumentation, and computing that enable future discoveries.

Experiments

Major Experiments

ATLAS

A general-purpose detector for a broad physics program including precision measurements and new-physics searches.

CMS

Complementary general-purpose detector with specialized strengths in precision tracking and calorimetry.

ALICE

Specialized in heavy-ion collisions to study quark–gluon plasma and the strong interaction under extreme conditions.

LHCb

Precision measurements of CP violation and rare decays to probe physics beyond the Standard Model.

Data & Computing

Data & Computing

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.

  • Worldwide LHC Computing Grid: distributed processing and storage.
  • Open Data: curated datasets and tutorials for researchers and educators.
  • Analysis tools: containerized frameworks, notebooks, and reproducible workflows.
Data access

Find datasets, simulation samples, and documentation to reproduce published results or develop new analyses.

Education & Outreach

Education & Outreach

Programs for Students & Teachers

Teacher workshops, university partnerships, and summer internships connecting students with real research data and mentors.

Learn more
Public Engagement

Public lectures, interactive exhibits, and virtual tours bring collider science to broad audiences worldwide.

Upcoming events

News & Events

News & Events

2025-06-12
New precision Higgs result published

Collaborative analysis tightens constraints on rare decay channels. Summary and links to the paper and data.

Read
2025-05-28
Workshop: Machine learning for particle reconstruction

Hands-on sessions exploring ML workflows for detector calibration and particle ID.

Details
2025-04-10
Data release: 2024 collision sample

Public dataset with documentation, tutorials, and example analyses for educators and researchers.

Download

Get Involved

Get Involved

Join as Researcher

Information on collaboration agreements, author policies, and how to join analysis groups.

Apply
Internships & Fellowships

Opportunities for early-career researchers, engineers, and data scientists. Listings and application guidance.

View openings
Citizen Science

Participate in public projects that leverage human pattern recognition to classify events or analyze detector artifacts.

Participate

Contact

Contact & Visits

Visiting the facility

Visitor information, guided tour schedules, and access policies. Note: research-area access is restricted; contact for educational visits.

  • CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  • info@largehadroncollider.org
  • +41 22 767 0000 (switchboard)