This is a list of experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The LHC is the most energetic particle collider in the world, and is used to test the accuracy of the Standard Model, and to look for physics beyond the Standard Model such as supersymmetry, extra dimensions, and others.
The list is first compiled from the SPIRES database, then missing information is retrieved from the online version CERN's Grey Book. The most specific information of the two is kept, e.g. if the SPIRES database lists December 2008, while the Grey Book lists 22 December 2008, the Grey Book entry is shown. When there is a conflict between the SPIRES database and the Grey Book, the SPIRES database information is listed, unless otherwise noted.
| Experiment | Location | Spokesperson | Description | Proposed | Approved | Began | Completed | Link | Website |
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| ALICE | IP2 | Luciano Musa[1] | A large ioncollider experiment: specialized on heavy ion collisions, with proton-proton collisions as reference | ?? | 6 Feb 1997 | 30 March 2010 | N/A | Inspire | Website |
| ATLAS | IP1 | Andreas Hoecker[2] | A toroidal LHCapparatus: studying the Standard Model and searching for Beyond Standard Model signatures primarily with proton collisions | Dec 1994 | 31 Jan 1996 | 30 March 2010 | N/A | Inspire Grey Book |
Website |
| CMS | IP5 | Luca Malgeri[3] | Compact muon solenoid: same purpose as for ATLAS | Oct 1992 | 31 Jan 1996 | 30 March 2010 | N/A | Inspire Grey Book |
Website |
| LHCb | IP8 | Giovanni Passaleva[4] | LHC beauty experiment: studying primarily flavour physics with B-hadrons such as asymmetries and CP violations | ?? | 17 Sep 1998 | 30 March 2010 | N/A | Inspire Grey Book |
Website |
| LHCf | IP1 | Yasushi Muraki[5] | LHC-forward: measurement of particles travelling close to the direction of the beam, simulating cosmic rays | ?? | 12 May 2004 | 30 March 2010 | N/A | Inspire | Website |
| MATHUSLA | IP1 | Henry Lubatti | MAssiveTiming Hodoscope for Ultra-Stable neutraLpArticles: Search for long lived particles and neutrinos at the LHC | 2016[6] | 2017 | 2018 [1][7][8] | N/A | Inspire Inspire | Website |
| MilliQan | IP5 | Christopher S. Hill, Andy Haas | Search for milli-charged particles at the LHC | 15 July 2016[9] | 2016 | Fall 2017 [10][11] | N/A | Inspire | Website |
| MOEDAL | IP8 | James L. Pinfold[12] | Monopole and exotic particle detector at the LHC | July 2009[13] | 2 December 2009[14] | January 2011[15] | N/A | Inspire | Website |
| TOTEM | IP5 | Simone Giani[16] | Total cross section, elastic scattering and diffraction dissociation at the LHC | 1999 | 18 May 1999 | 2010 | N/A | Inspire Grey Book |
Website |
| FASER | IP1 | Jamie Boyd, Jonathan Feng[17] | ForwArdSearch ExpeRiment: Search for long lived particles and neutrinos at the LHC | 2017 | 5 March 2019[18] | N/A | N/A | Inspire Grey Book |
Website |
MilliQan, MATHUSLA, FASER, LHCf, MOEDAL and TOTEM are much smaller than the other four experiments. Each is close to one of the larger experiments and uses the same collision point.
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