List of Large Hadron Collider experiments

This is a list of experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The LHC is the most energetic particle collider in the world, and is used to test the accuracy of the Standard Model, and to look for physics beyond the Standard Model such as supersymmetry, extra dimensions, and others.

The list is first compiled from the SPIRES database, then missing information is retrieved from the online version CERN's Grey Book. The most specific information of the two is kept, e.g. if the SPIRES database lists December 2008, while the Grey Book lists 22 December 2008, the Grey Book entry is shown. When there is a conflict between the SPIRES database and the Grey Book, the SPIRES database information is listed, unless otherwise noted.

Large Hadron Collider experiments
See also: Large Hadron Collider

LHC experiments
Experiment	Location	Spokesperson	Description	Proposed	Approved	Began	Completed	Link
ALICE	IP2	Federico Antinori^[1]	A large ion collider experiment: producing quark–gluon plasma by colliding lead nuclei (~2.76 TeV)	??	6 Feb 1997	30 March 2010	N/A	Inspire Grey Book
ATLAS	IP1	Karl Jakobs^[2]	A toroidal LHC apparatus: looking for new particles or effects beyond the Standard Model	Dec 1994	31 Jan 1996	30 March 2010	N/A	Inspire Grey Book
CMS	IP5	Joel Butler^[3]	Compact muon solenoid: same purpose as for ATLAS	Oct 1992	31 Jan 1996	30 March 2010	N/A	Inspire Grey Book
LHCb	IP8	Giovanni Passaleva^[4]	LHC beauty experiment: measuring certain B-hadron qualities such as asymmetries and CP violations,	??	17 Sep 1998	30 March 2010	N/A	Inspire Grey Book
LHCf	IP1	Yasushi Muraki^[5]	LHC-forward: measurement of neutral π⁰ meson production, in order to understand ultra high energy cosmic rays	??	12 May 2004	30 March 2010	N/A	Inspire Grey Book
Mathusla	IP1	Henry Lubatti	MAssive Timing Hodoscope for Ultra-Stable neutraL pArticles: Search for long lived particles and neutrinos at the LHC	2016 ^[6]	2017	2018 ^[7] ^[7] ^[8]	N/A	N/A
MilliQan	IP5	Christopher S. Hill	Search for milli-charged particles	15 July 2016 ^[9]	2016	Fall 2017 ^[8] ^[10] ^[11]	N/A	N/A
MOEDAL	IP8	James L. Pinfold^[12]	Monopole and exotic particle detector at the LHC	July 2009^[13]	2 December 2009^[14]	January 2011^[15]	N/A	Inspire Grey Book
TOTEM	IP5	Simone Giani^[16]	Total cross section, elastic scattering and diffraction dissociation at the LHC	1999	18 May 1999	2010	N/A	Inspire Grey Book
FASER	IP1	Jamie Boyd, Jonathan Feng^[17]	ForwArd Search ExpeRiment: Search for long lived particles and neutrinos at the LHC	2017	5 March 2019 ^[18]	N/A	N/A	Inspire Grey Book

FASER IP1 Jamie Boyd, Jonathan Feng[17] ForwArd Search ExpeRiment: Search for long lived particles and neutrinos at the LHC 2017 5 March 2019 [18] N/A N/A Inspire
Grey Book Website

FASER, LHCf, MOEDAL and TOTEM are much smaller than the other four experiments, they are close to one of those larger experiments and use the same collision point.

Notes

1.^ Currently only 1% of the detector has been approved and constructed.
2.^ Only a prototype has been approved and constructed so far, much smaller than the full proposed detector