HiLumiers

Every summer, we all update our wardrobes: the thickness of the clothes, the colours, some accessories, the shoes. We refresh the scarves with bikinis, the corduroy trousers with shorts and the boots with flip-flops.
At CERN, they also practice the update. In 2011, the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL - LHC) was born. Led by CERN with the support of international institutions from many different countries, it aims to increase the LHC potential for new discoveries from 2027 onwards.
A major upgrade that will help us to push the limits of our knowledge, and that will come along with a technological modernisation. The development of new technologies that will also be implemented in other CERN accelerators.

HL - LHC is a Beehive formed by 19 cells. Each cell is a Work Package, from where a lot of bees of all ages, nationalities and disciplines row together in one direction.
If these cells were isolated, they would be honeyless. It is the sum of their daily hard work, their willingness to collaborate and their enthusiasm that make this possible.

If you want to meet these HiLumiers bees, listen here their podcasts!