abbreviations

LHCf

Large Hadron Collider forward experiment

Acronym doesn't need spelling out for the CERN Courier

LIGO

Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier

Linac

Short for linear accelerator. Capital L when referring to one of CERN's Linacs, otherwise lower case. Add a numeral with no space when differentiating between CERN's linear accelerators. 

Linac2 started up in 1978 as a successor to Linac1. 

LNF

Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati ​(Frascati National Laboratory)

Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier

LNGS

Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Gran Sasso National Laboratory)

Spell out in first use then use acronym for the CERN Courier

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