19K views · 270 shares | Linac 4 has taken over from the retired Linac 2 as the first accelerator in the LHC injection chain! It has reached its first milestone to inject particles at an energy of 160 MeV and will contribute to an #LHC luminosity increase by 2021. Read more: https://home.cern/news/press-release/cern/cern-celebrates-completion-linac-4-its-brand-new-linear-particle | CERN | Facebook

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