CERN is an organisational headquaters of scientists, based in Switzerland, which houses a large hadron collider (the LHC). By smashing particles together at great speed, it's hoped that the LHC will be able to recreate the conditions present at the beginning of the universe (the big bang). The scientists are examining the microscopic collisions, which are created by shooting atoms around the huge tunnels of the LHC. Please also see this article for further easy to understand information about CERN: http://scientificinquiry.suite101.com/article.cfm/cern_the_big_bang_machine
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) works by generating two beams, one of protons and the other of antiprotons, and sets them travelling in opposite directions in a 27 kilometer underground pipe. Both particle streams will be accelerated to nearly the speed of light by a series of magnets. At certain points in the pipe, the beams will be allowed to collide, causing high speed "crashes" between the protons and antiprotons. The collisions will disintegrate the particles into many smaller particles, and special detectors will measure the consequences of any collisions and attempt to identify the fragments.
The Large Hadron Collider is the name of one specific particle accelerator. What it does is speed particles up to very large energies, make them collide, and then the debris of the collision is analyzed.
The hadron collider starts off with two lots of hadrons (protons) in a long ring. Superconducting and extremely cold (less than 0.2 Kelvin) electromagnets placed outside the ring use the protons' electrical charge to accelerate them. The magnets are also used to hold the protons in tight beams and to steer them. The two lots of protons are accelerated to greater and greater speeds within the rings, in opposite directions, until the beams are allowed to collide head-on.
Although each proton has a tiny mass, the beams are accelerated to extremely high speeds. Recently at CERN (Geneva), each beam had an energy of 6.5 tera electron volts (TeV). The combined energy of the impact was, therefore 13 TeV. At such energies, the protons were ripped apart and the debris was studied to look for exotic particles - including the Higgs Boson.
nay, the machine got repaired. LOL
The Large Hadron Collider will work mainly with protons - hence the name (the proton is a kind of hadron). It will also do some experiments with other particles, for example, with certain atomic nuclei.
Most likely not. It is far more probably that the Large Hadron Collider will do exactly what the name suggests. For a time travel, a different sort of device will be necessary.
The strongest man made magnets are those associated with the Large Hadron Collider. The strongest magnetic fields are produced by collaped stars.
Those machines are called supercolliders. The most famous one which has been in the news fairly recently is called the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and it is located at the CERN research facility in Switzerland.
we are still waiting, it might not ever be discovered.
No you can find updates on the Large Hadron Collider's (LHC) progress at the link below.
CERN's Large Hadron Collider has been repaired and is in full operation. (January 2012)
the hadron collider has a diameter of 3.8 metres and has a circumference of 17 miles (27 kilometres)
No. As far as is known there are no aliens. The large hadron collider is a research tool, not a weapon.
The expected result is to gain a better understanding into how our world works.
The Large Hadron Collider will work mainly with protons - hence the name (the proton is a kind of hadron). It will also do some experiments with other particles, for example, with certain atomic nuclei.
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) built by CERN near Geneva, Switzerland.