Mark Thomson

New Capabilities

As of September 2026: Visited LHC Point 1 to mark the start of disconnection

CERN crews cut the first magnet connection inside the Large Hadron Collider this week, formally beginning the machine's biggest overhaul since it was built. Around the ATLAS and CMS detectors, workers will pull 28 superconducting magnets and replace them with stronger versions that squeeze particle beams more tightly.

Updated Sep 25