LHC Ion

bringing the heavy (A=208) to the CERN Large Hadron Collider (unofficial account - written by a member of an LHC collaboration!)

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

What are “electrons” anyway?

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Electrons’ movements in atoms and molecules are so rapid that they are measured in attoseconds. An attosecond is to one second as one second is to the age of the universe.

#NobelPrize

[ATLAS Experiment @ATLASexperiment]

@CERN Here's a view of an "ultraperipheral" heavy ion event also recorded last night. In these events, the two lead ion beams pass in close proximity, enabling their surrounding electromagnetic fields to interact with each other. ⚡️

[ATLAS Experiment @ATLASexperiment]

Heavy ions arrive in the ATLAS Experiment! 🎆⁠

Last night, the Large Hadron Collider at @CERN collided lead ions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 5.36 TeV. Take a look at these first event displays of the collisions.

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

Wait - again?

[LHC Status @lhcstatus2]

Comments (22:56:43) Physics fill with 227b

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

Not noble like @LHCXe but when you want ions round and stable, accept no substitutes. Congrats to the real LHC ion team!

[CERN @CERN]

Lead ions lead the way💫

The heavy-ion physics season starts for the experiments at CERN, as stable beams of lead nuclei circulate in the #LHC at the energy of 6.8 TeV (teraelectronvolts) for the first time ever, and for the first time during the #LHCRun3.

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

There are many ways to be stable

[LHC Status @lhcstatus2]

Comments (19:48:48) First STABLE BEAMS with heavy ion beams
in Run 3!

[ALICE Experiment @ALICEexperiment]

The LHC will soon collide lead-ions after a gap of five years. ALICE is all set to take the lead-ion collisions data for a detailed study of the physics of quark-gluon plasma!
In this video: Marco van Leeuwen, ALICE spokesperson shares his excitement:

https://t.co/dNnYAqE9Zs

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

I’m doubly magic, so *of course* I’m stable. OK?
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OK?!?!?!
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SAY SOMETHING!
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Or maybe you didn’t mean exactly that…

[LHC Status @lhcstatus2]

Comments (17:51:29) Preparing for ion trains setup
Next: first fill for STABLE BEAMS

[John Jowett @JohnJowett]

The "Z" is back in its proper place. Thanks MH. @LHCion #LHC https://t.co/pd5mdwa2Y1

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

Ahhh collisions again!- there’s nothing quite like bumping into your relatives, and tearing them to pieces. Family.

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

A little delay but I’m back, folks!

[LHC Status @lhcstatus2]

Comments (11:35:43) LEIR is back
setting up the ion beam in the injectors
MD at injection energy ongoing
Plan to start the switch to ions at 13.30

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

Impostors!

[LHC Status @lhcstatus2]

Comments (16:57:41) Next: another ION cycle played with protons
Lumi requested from all experiments
No ions before tomorrow afternoon at least

[LHC Status @lhcstatus2]

Comments (16:57:41) Next: another ION cycle played with protons
Lumi requested from all experiments
No ions before tomorrow afternoon at least

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

Apparently, I’m all shiny!

[CMS Experiment CERN @CMSExperiment]

In a recent research, the exchange of photons between highly relativistic heavy ions has shed light on the gluon structure of nuclei. Join tomorrow in person or watch the webcast of the CERN seminar where this result is discussed: https://t.co/YDO89W9JL3

[CERN @CERN]

First lead-ion collisions✨

Last week, the LHC accelerated and collided test beams of lead nuclei at the record energy of 5.36 TeV, a first for #LHCRun3. The collisions provided the opportunity for the #LHC experiments to validate their new detectors and data-processing systems.

[CMS Experiment CERN @CMSExperiment]

CMS lights up with heavy ion collisions!
Last Friday, the LHC successfully collided lead ions at an energy of 5.36 TeV per nucleon pair!
CMS saw lead collisions at this record energy for the first time and recorded the majority of the luminosity delivered.

[ALICE Experiment @ALICEexperiment]

The special test run at the CERN LHC with Pb-Pb collisions at record energy concluded today. This one-day run has provided ALICE with the opportunity to validate the new detectors and new data-processing systems.

[ATLAS Experiment @ATLASexperiment]

Heavy ions collide in the ATLAS Experiment! 🎆⁠
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On Friday 18 November, the Large Hadron Collider at @CERN collided lead ions at a record centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 5.36 TeV! Check out these stunning first event displays of the collisions. 🤩⁠

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

🎶 we are the champions 🎼

[Peter Steinberg ([email protected]!) @steinber]

Record breaking collisions of lead ions, tonight in @ATLASexperiment!

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

@JohnJowett But I never passed my pilot’s license!

[LHC Ion @LHCIon]

I thought they canceled the run. Why are they knocking on the door *now*? #lhcionpilotrun2022