Cryogenic system of the Inner Triplet String Test Stand validated (May 2026)

Figure 1: Photo of some of the many people involved in the IT String, to celebrate the successful cooldown of the system. Florence Thompson / CERN

The cryogenic system for the High-Luminosity LHC Inner Triplet String Test Stant has been successfully validated during the first cooldown and cryogenic commissioning campaign, confirming the system’s performance and stability.