LHC parameters

Taking a closer look at LHC

The values presented here are essentially what the machine presents, but repairs, improvements and upgrades during long shutdown (LS) cause some of them to vary slightly.

All these parameters have been calculated or introduced in this website.


Circumference 26659 m
   
Dipole operating temperature 1,9 K
   
Lattice type FODO 2-in-1
   
Number of arcs (2450 m long) 8
   
Number of lattice cells per arc 23
   
Number of straight sections (545 m long) 8
   
Main RF System 400.8 MHz
   
Voltage of 400 MHz RF system at 7 TeV 16 MV
   
Number of magnets (dipoles, quadrupoles ... dodecapoles)
9300
   
Number of dipoles 1232
   
Number of quadrupoles 858
   
Number of RF cavities 8 per beam
   
Nominal energy, protons 7 TeV
   
Momentum at collision 7 TeV/c
   
Momentum at injection 450 GeV/c
   
Nominal energy, ions 2,76 TeV/nucleon
   
Peak magnetic dipole field 8,33 T
   
Current in main dipole 11800 A
   
Energy density of the LHC magnets 500 kJ/m
   
Main dipole coil inner diameter 56 mm
   
Distance between aperture axes (1.9 K) 194,00 mm
   
Distance between aperture axes (293 K) 194,52 mm
   
Main Dipole Length 14.3 m
   
Horizontal force at 8,33 T (inner and outer layer) 1,7 MN/m
   
Composition of the superconducting alloy Ni_Ti (47Wt% Ti)
   
Maximum current with NO resistence (1,9 K e 8,33 T) 17000 A
   
Maximum current with NO resistence (1,9 K e 0 T) 50000 A
   
Number de strands per cable 36
   
Number de Ni-Ti filaments in each strand 6500
   
Bending radius 2803.95 m
   
Minimum distance between bunches ~7 m
   
Bunch spacing 25 ns
   
Design Luminosity 1034 cm-2·s-1
   
No. of bunches per proton beam 2808
   
No. of protons per bunch (at start) 1,15·1011
   
Circulating current / beam 0,54 A
   
Number of turns per second 11245
   
Stored beam energy 360 MJ
   
Stored energy in magnets 11 GJ
   
Beam lifetime 10 h
   
Average crossing rate 31,6 MHz
   
Number of collisions per second 600 millions
   
Radiated Power per beam (syncrotron radiation) ~ 6 KW
   
Total crossing angle (collision point) 300 μrad
   
Emittance  εn  
3,75 μm rad
   
Beta function  β*
 0,55 m

AUTHORS


Xabier Cid Vidal, PhD in experimental Particle Physics for Santiago University (USC). Research Fellow in experimental Particle Physics at CERN from January 2013 to Decembre 2015. He was until 2022 linked to the Department of Particle Physics of the USC as a "Juan de La Cierva", "Ramon y Cajal" fellow (Spanish Postdoctoral Senior Grants), and Associate Professor. Since 2023 is Senior Lecturer in that Department.(ORCID).

Ramon Cid Manzano, until his retirement in 2020 was secondary school Physics Teacher at IES de SAR (Santiago - Spain), and part-time Lecturer (Profesor Asociado) in Faculty of Education at the University of Santiago (Spain). He has a Degree in Physics and a Degree in Chemistry, and he is PhD for Santiago University (USC) (ORCID).

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 IMPORTANT NOTICE

 For the bibliography used when writing this Section please go to the References Section


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