CERN Begins Major Upgrade of Large Hadron Collider to High-Luminosity LHC for Dark Matter Research

CERN has initiated a significant upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to transform it into the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). This upgrade, which involves a 'Long Shutdown 3' (LS3) until 2030, will increase the collider's luminosity by approximately tenfold, enabling scientists to gather more data and delve deeper into fundamental questions about the universe, including the search for dark matter.