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It first started up on 10 September 2008, and remains the latest addition to CERN’s <a href="/about/accelerators">accelerator complex</a>. The LHC consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with a number of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the particles along the way.</p> 14493fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci 14593fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci<p>Inside the accelerator, two high-energy particle beams travel at close to the speed of light before they are made to collide. The beams travel in opposite directions in separate beam pipes – two tubes kept at <a href="/about/engineering/vacuum-empty-interplanetary-space">ultrahigh vacuum</a>. They are guided around the accelerator ring by a strong magnetic field maintained by <a href="/about/engineering/pulling-together-superconducting-electromagnets">superconducting electromagnets</a>. 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These include 1232 dipole magnets 15 metres in length which bend the beams, and 392 quadrupole magnets, each 5–7 metres long, which focus the beams. Just prior to collision, another type of magnet is used to "squeeze" the particles closer together to increase the chances of collisions. The particles are so tiny that the task of making them collide is akin to firing two needles 10 kilometres apart with such precision that they meet halfway.</p> 15093fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci 15193fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci<p>All the controls for the accelerator, its services and technical infrastructure are housed under one roof at the CERN Control Centre. 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25493fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> 25593fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci 25693fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h3 class="field-content"><a href="/about/updates/2014/05/lhc-consolidations-27000-shunts-now-place">LHC consolidations: 27,000 shunts now in place</a></h3> </div> 25793fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci <p><span class="meta date">5 May 2014 –</span> Some 27,000 electrical shunts have been added to connections between magnets on the LHC</p> </div> 25893fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> 25993fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci 26093fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h3 class="field-content"><a href="/about/updates/2014/04/tracking-particles-faster-lhc">Tracking particles faster at the LHC</a></h3> </div> 26193fb6ee3Sopenharmony_ci <p><span class="meta date">22 Apr 2014 –</span> A new trigger system will expand what ATLAS scientists can look for during high-energy 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