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1. Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Experiments

Experiment Full Name / Main Aim

• ATLAS : A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS — general-purpose detector; Higgs, Standard Model, new physics

• CMS : Compact Muon Solenoid — general-purpose detector; Higgs, Standard Model, new physics

• ALICE : A Large Ion Collider Experiment — quark–gluon plasma, heavy-ion physics

• LHCb : Large Hadron Collider beauty — matter–antimatter asymmetry, heavy-flavour physics

• TOTEM : Total, elastic and diffractive cross-section measurement

• LHCf : Large Hadron Collider forward — forward particles, cosmic-ray physics

• MoEDAL-MAPP : Monopoles and Exotics Detector at the LHC

• FASER : Forward Search Experiment — light new particles, dark-sector searches

• SND@LHC : Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC — LHC neutrinos

2. Fixed-Target Experiments

CERN’s fixed-target programme includes SPS and PS beam experiments such as:

Experiment Main Topic

• NA61/SHINE : Heavy-ion, hadron production, neutrino/cosmic-ray measurements

• NA62 : Rare kaon decays

• NA63 : Radiation processes in strong electromagnetic fields

• NA64 : Dark-sector particle searches

• NA65 : Tau-neutrino production

• AMBER : Hadron structure and spectroscopy

• CLOUD : Cosmic rays and cloud formation

• UA9 : Crystal-assisted beam steering

• DIRAC : Strong interaction between quarks; data analysis phase

• COMPASS :  Hadron structure; concluded in 2022

3. Antimatter Experiments

CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator and ELENA support antimatter experiments including:

Experiment Main Topic

• AEgIS : Antihydrogen gravity, interferometry, spectroscopy

• ALPHA : Antihydrogen laser physics

• ASACUSA: Atomic spectroscopy and collisions using slow antiprotons

• BASE: Baryon–antibaryon symmetry

• GBAR: Gravitational behaviour of antihydrogen

• PUMA: Antiproton unstable matter annihilation

4. CERN Experimental Facilities

Facility Purpose

• ISOLDE: Radioactive ion-beam facility

• MEDICIS: Medical isotopes

• n_TOF: Neutron time-of-flight facility

• CERN Neutrino Platform: Neutrino detector R&D and support

5. Non-Accelerator / Space-Linked Experiments

Experiment, Period / Importance

• AMS-02: Cosmic rays and antimatter; detector on the International Space Station

• CAST: Axion search; completed, data analysis

• OSQAR:Axion/dark-sector searches; completed, data analysis

6. Historical CERN Experiments

Experiment, Period / Importance

• ALEPH: LEP experiment

• DELPHI: LEP experiment

• L3: LEP experiment

• OPAL: LEP experiment

• Gargamelle: Discovery of weak neutral currents

• UA1: Discovery of W and Z bosons

• UA2: W and Z boson physics

• ATHENA: Earlier antimatter experiment

• ATRAP: Earlier antimatter experiment

• ACE: Antiproton research for cancer therapy

Most famous CERN experiments: ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHCb, ALPHA, NA62, ISOLDE, AMS-02, CLOUD, and FASER.