LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU)
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The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) is a major CERN project to modernize and enhance the performance of the accelerator chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider, enabling higher beam intensities and luminosities for future physics runs.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| LHC Injectors Upgrade | 2 |
| LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) canonical | 2 |
| CERN Long Shutdown 2 | 1 |
| LHC Injectors Upgrade project | 1 |
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Target entity: LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) Context triple: [Linac4, relatedProject, LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU)]
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LHC injector chain
The LHC injector chain is the sequence of accelerators and beamlines at CERN that progressively boost and prepare particle beams before they are injected into the Large Hadron Collider.
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Linac4
Linac4 is a linear accelerator at CERN that serves as the first stage of the proton acceleration chain for the Large Hadron Collider and other experiments.
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High-Luminosity LHC
The High-Luminosity LHC is a major upgrade of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to significantly increase its collision rate and data output for more precise and rare particle physics measurements.
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Linac2
Linac2 was CERN’s long-serving linear accelerator that pre-accelerated protons for injection into the Proton Synchrotron Booster and the rest of the accelerator complex before being superseded by Linac4.
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Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, used to smash subatomic particles together at unprecedented energies to study fundamental physics, including the Higgs boson.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) Target entity description: The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) is a major CERN project to modernize and enhance the performance of the accelerator chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider, enabling higher beam intensities and luminosities for future physics runs.
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A.
LHC injector chain
The LHC injector chain is the sequence of accelerators and beamlines at CERN that progressively boost and prepare particle beams before they are injected into the Large Hadron Collider.
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B.
Linac4
Linac4 is a linear accelerator at CERN that serves as the first stage of the proton acceleration chain for the Large Hadron Collider and other experiments.
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C.
High-Luminosity LHC
The High-Luminosity LHC is a major upgrade of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider designed to significantly increase its collision rate and data output for more precise and rare particle physics measurements.
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Linac2
Linac2 was CERN’s long-serving linear accelerator that pre-accelerated protons for injection into the Proton Synchrotron Booster and the rest of the accelerator complex before being superseded by Linac4.
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E.
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, used to smash subatomic particles together at unprecedented energies to study fundamental physics, including the Higgs boson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
CERN accelerator upgrade project
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Large Hadron Collider injector upgrade program ⓘ |
| affects |
ion beams for LHC
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proton beams for LHC ⓘ |
| alternateName |
LIU
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LIU project ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Linac4
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Proton Synchrotron ⓘ Proton Synchrotron Booster ⓘ Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ |
| associatedWith | High-Luminosity LHC upgrade schedule ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| enables |
higher LHC beam brightness
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higher LHC bunch intensity ⓘ higher LHC integrated luminosity ⓘ higher LHC peak luminosity ⓘ smaller LHC beam emittance ⓘ |
| field |
high-energy physics infrastructure
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particle accelerator technology ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
enable higher LHC luminosity
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increase beam intensity for the LHC ⓘ modernize the LHC injector chain ⓘ prepare injectors for High-Luminosity LHC operation ⓘ |
| improves |
beam brightness in injector chain
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beam intensity in injector chain ⓘ injector flexibility for different beam types ⓘ injector reliability ⓘ |
| includesUpgrade |
PS Booster energy increase to 2 GeV injection
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Proton Synchrotron beam quality improvements ⓘ Super Proton Synchrotron intensity and reliability upgrades ⓘ new Linac4 as proton source ⓘ new RF systems in injectors ⓘ new beam instrumentation in injectors ⓘ new collimation and protection devices in injectors ⓘ new injection and extraction systems in injectors ⓘ |
| location |
CERN
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surface form:
CERN, Geneva region, Switzerland
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| motivatedBy |
need for higher luminosity in future LHC runs
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requirements of High-Luminosity LHC physics program ⓘ |
| partOf |
CERN accelerator complex
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High-Luminosity LHC ⓘ
surface form:
High-Luminosity LHC program
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| relatedTo |
LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
CERN Long Shutdown 2
LHC machine upgrade ⓘ |
| replaces | Linac2 as LHC proton injector ⓘ |
| serves | Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| sponsor | CERN ⓘ |
| startDate | around 2010s ⓘ |
| website | https://liu.web.cern.ch/ ⓘ |
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Subject: LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) Description of subject: The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) is a major CERN project to modernize and enhance the performance of the accelerator chain feeding the Large Hadron Collider, enabling higher beam intensities and luminosities for future physics runs.
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