The accelerator complex at CERN

In spite of its enormaous size the accelerator complex at CERN is one of the most sensitive instruments ever built. When particles leave one accelerator and enter the other the timings have to match within a fraction of a nanosecond. The energy is successively increased till it reaches the maximum which the accelerating cavities can provide.

A diagram of the CERN accelerator complex.

Aerial view of CERN's Meyrin site.