List of Large Hadron Collider experiments


This is a list of experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. 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.

Large Hadron Collider experiments

ExperimentLocationSpokespersonDescriptionProposedApprovedBeganCompletedLinkWebsite
ALICEIP2Federico AntinoriA large ion collider experiment: producing quark–gluon plasma by colliding lead nuclei ??6 Feb 199730 March 2010N/A
ATLASIP1Karl JakobsA toroidal LHC apparatus: looking for new particles or effects beyond the Standard ModelDec 199431 Jan 199630 March 2010N/A
CMSIP5Joel ButlerCompact muon solenoid: same purpose as for ATLASOct 199231 Jan 199630 March 2010N/A
LHCbIP8Giovanni PassalevaLHC beauty experiment: measuring certain B-hadron qualities such as asymmetries and CP violations,??17 Sep 199830 March 2010N/A
LHCfIP1Yasushi MurakiLHC-forward: measurement of neutral π0 meson production, in order to understand ultra high energy cosmic rays??12 May 200430 March 2010N/A
MathuslaIP1N/AMAssive Timing Hodoscope for Ultra-Stable neutraL pArticles: Search for long lived particles and neutrinos at the LHC201620172018 N/AN/AN/A
MilliQanIP5Christopher S. HillSearch for milli-charged particles15 July 20162016Fall 2017 N/AN/AN/A
MOEDALIP8James L. PinfoldMonopole and exotic particle detector at the LHCJuly 20092 December 2009January 2011N/A
TOTEMIP5Simone GianiTotal cross section, elastic scattering and diffraction dissociation at the LHC199918 May 19992010N/A
FASERIP1Jamie Boyd, Jonathan FengForwArd Search ExpeRiment: Search for long lived particles and neutrinos at the LHC20175 March 2019N/AN/A

FASER, LHCf, MOEDAL and TOTEM are much smaller than the other four experiments, they are close to one of those larger experiments and use the same collision point.