Cern cutting ties with Russia will hit Large Hadron Collider

Preparation of Large Hadron Collider upgrade will be affected, say experiment heads

Cern’s decision to cut ties with Russia and Belarus in 2024 will affect a major upgrade of its Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator, according to the heads of the four largest-scale LHC experiments.

“There will clearly be effects” on the preparation of the upgrade, spokespeople for the Atlas, CMS, Alice and LHCb experiments told Research Professional News in a joint statement, adding that detection of collision outputs would also be affected, starting in 2024.