Use Cases

High Luminosity LHC Upgrade (HL-LHC)

The HL-LHC is CERN’s major upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider, aiming to increase its luminosity by a factor of 5–7. This allows collecting more data for physics discoveries but also imposes stricter requirements on accelerator components. HL-LHC is organized over 20 work packages, and we participate in most of them.

Crab Cavities

Crab cavities tilt proton bunches to increase luminosity, and HL-LHC is the first high-energy accelerator to use them. The EN-MME Engineering Unit supports this development through design studies and simulations, assessing structural and thermal performance under cryogenic and RF conditions.

Collimators

Collimators are essential for the safe operation of the LHC, absorbing stray particles to protect the accelerator and experiments. For HL-LHC, new designs must cope with unprecedented beam loads while staying within strict geometrical and thermal tolerances. We are participating to the workpackage with design and multi-physics simulations to ensure their stability, cooling efficiency, and reliability. We have also developed and procured the jaw materials.

Other workpackages

Since the start of the HL-LHC project, we have actively contributed to most of its work packages. We have been providing advanced studies, detailed simulations, innovative design solutions, and continuous technical support across multiple phases of development.

We also have a history of successful collaborative international research and engineering activities. Find out more about our publications here.