{"id":225281,"date":"2025-11-17T21:06:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T03:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/new-monitor-now-operational-in-the-large-hadron-collider"},"modified":"2025-11-17T21:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T03:06:40","slug":"new-monitor-now-operational-in-the-large-hadron-collider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/new-monitor-now-operational-in-the-large-hadron-collider","title":{"rendered":"New monitor now operational in the Large Hadron Collider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vBd-Loq6U2o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A novel beam diagnostic instrument developed by researchers in the University of Liverpool\u2019s QUASAR Group has been approved for use in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world\u2019s most powerful particle accelerator.<\/p>\n<p>The new device, known as the Beam Gas Curtain (BGC) monitor, addresses one of the toughest challenges in modern accelerator physics: measuring the properties of very high-energy particle beams without disturbing them.<\/p>\n<p>It has now been cleared for continuous operation (~2,000 hours per year).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A novel beam diagnostic instrument developed by researchers in the University of Liverpool\u2019s QUASAR Group has been approved for use in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world\u2019s most powerful particle accelerator. The new device, known as the Beam Gas Curtain (BGC) monitor, addresses one of the toughest challenges in modern accelerator physics: measuring the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-particle-physics","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}