After the conclusion of its highly successful Run 3 session starting back in 2022, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of CERN has now officially entered Long Shutdown 3; a massive 4-year upgrade programme spanning 2026 to 2030.
During this phase, the LHC will undergo comprehensive maintenance and improvement project schedules, and will be finally upgraded to the HL-LHC (High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider). This upgrade primarily aims to multiply the instantaneous luminosity of the accelerator by a factor of 10 and higher from the original design, enabling the increased particle collision rates and subsequently improved data acquisition from the future experiment.