Why are protons being collided in the Large Hadron Collider?

Answer 1

The LHC is the Large Hadron Collider, and it's set up to use large hadrons as "bullets" in experiments. The proton is a "quick and easy" bullet to acquire. It's a hydrogen nucleus, and it's not that hard to come by. Take hydrogen gas and stip off the electron and we're in business. And a proton is a better "bullet" than an electron because it's heavier than the electron by some 1836 times. Bigger "bullets" make for a better "hit" on a target. We've already been accelerating protons for a long time so we know something about that. And now we have a bigger machine to do it with. Actually, the machine will be used on some other atomic nuclei as well, like lead. The trick is to strip off the electrons and then send the remaining nucleus sans electrons into a linear accelerator (along with more of its kind) and then into the different rings that will boost energies to the point where they can be injected into the LHC ring proper for their final "boost" to almost the speed of light. A link is provided below.

Answer 2

the large hadron collider was created in ordet to accelerate sub atomic particles to a speed higher than speed of light in order to find the elusive and fascinating higgs boson or also called as the god's particle.if successful it will help in the understanding of the universe and also one of the most fascinating particles called as antimatter might be created by this dude you should really check out more about lhc and cern cause its ahsaumn

The primary purpose of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is to prove or disprove the existence of the Higgs Boson particle. This particle can explain the origin of mass in the universe.