Higgs Boson
Presents the ATLAS collaboration's evidence for a new particle near 125 GeV at CERN during the Higgs discovery seminar.
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Fabiola Gianotti Biography and Timeline
Follow Fabiola Gianotti through 19 dated historical records for Italy.
Fabiola Gianotti, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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2012–2023Years on this page
2012
Higgs Boson Discovery
Presents the ATLAS collaboration's evidence for a new particle near 125 GeV during CERN's Higgs boson discovery announcement.
2013
Higgs Boson Properties
Sees additional ATLAS and CMS measurements strengthen the identification of the 2012 particle as a Higgs boson.
2014
Large Hadron Collider Preparations
Prepares for renewed high-energy physics as the Large Hadron Collider and its experiments approach the end of the first long shutdown.
2015
Large Hadron Collider Lead-Ion Collisions
Sees the Large Hadron Collider begin lead-ion collisions at roughly twice the energy achieved in its previous heavy-ion programme.
Large Hadron Collider Run 2
Sees the Large Hadron Collider begin Run 2 with proton collisions at the new energy frontier of 13 TeV.
2016
Large Hadron Collider Luminosity
Sees Large Hadron Collider performance exceed expectations as ATLAS and CMS rapidly accumulate substantially more Run 2 collision data.
2017
Large Hadron Collider Physics
Sees Run 2 continue producing large proton-collision datasets for precision Standard Model measurements and searches for physics beyond it.
2018
Large Hadron Collider Run 2 Completion
Marks the end of Large Hadron Collider Run 2 after four years of 13 TeV proton collisions and extensive heavy-ion running.
Higgs Bottom-Quark Decay
Sees ATLAS and CMS report observation of Higgs boson decay into bottom quarks using Large Hadron Collider data.
2019
Large Hadron Collider Upgrade
Oversees CERN while accelerator teams begin extensive Long Shutdown 2 upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider and its injector chain.
2020
Large Hadron Collider Detector Upgrades
Sees ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb continue major detector and data-acquisition upgrades in preparation for higher-rate Run 3 collisions.
2021
Large Hadron Collider Run 3 Preparations
Oversees final preparations for restarting the Large Hadron Collider after the extended maintenance and upgrade programme.
2022
Large Hadron Collider Restart
Sees proton beams circulate in the Large Hadron Collider again after more than three years of maintenance, consolidation and upgrades.
Higgs Boson Tenth Anniversary
Marks ten years since the ATLAS and CMS collaborations announced the discovery of a Higgs boson using Large Hadron Collider data.
Large Hadron Collider Record Energy
Sees the Large Hadron Collider establish routine physics collisions at 13.6 TeV, the highest centre-of-mass energy then achieved by a collider.
Large Hadron Collider Run 3
Marks the start of Run 3 physics as the Large Hadron Collider delivers proton collisions at the record energy of 13.6 TeV.
Large Hadron Collider Experiment Upgrades
Sees upgraded ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb systems begin collecting larger and higher-quality Run 3 datasets.
2023
Large Hadron Collider Run 3 Physics
Sees the Large Hadron Collider continue Run 3 measurements of Higgs physics, heavy flavours, heavy ions and precision Standard Model processes.
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