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by sigmoid10 31 days ago
Probably because the upgrades to the collider are so significant that it will be called the HL-LHC afterwards.
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Hella Large - Large Hadron Collider?
I think it stands for Huge Large Large Huge Colossal, in reference to its size.
High luminosity large hadron collider
They missed an opportunity to add 'Colossal' to the beginning, so the acronym would be supersymmetric -- the CHL-LHC
Ho-Ly - LHC maybe.