LHC
CERN's particle smasher
LHC is the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, operated by CERN near Geneva.
It accelerates protons or heavy ions through a 27-kilometer underground ring, smashing them together at near light speed to study fundamental particles.
The LHC confirmed the Higgs boson in 2012: The LHC discovery completed the Standard Model.
European nuclear research organization
- GenevaSwiss seat of diplomacy
- Large Hadron ColliderCircular particle accelerator beneath Switzerland
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
cryogenics · vacuum tube · detectors · CMS · ALICE · control room · injection · cooling system
Elementary particle explaining mass
- God particleMass-origin quantum particle
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- announcementPublic declaration of information
Quark-containing composite particles
- quarksFundamental hadron components
- gluonsStrong force exchange particles
- protonsPositive nuclear particles
- leptonsFundamental particles, not quarks
bosons · fermions · muons · neutrinos · antiparticles · baryons · W boson
Grouped collections of items
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
- cross-sectionView through interior
- pile-upSeries of collisions
- vertexPoint where edges converge
Accepted reference framework
- supersymmetryBosons mirror fermions theoretically
- dark matterLightless cosmic mass
- extra dimensionsSpatial axes beyond three
- antimatterSubstance of antiparticles
Joint creative endeavors
- data analysisSystematic information interpretation
- publicationsWorks issued to readers
- physicistsScientists studying matter, energy
CERN
European nuclear research organization
- GenevaSwiss seat of diplomacy
- Large Hadron ColliderCircular particle accelerator beneath Switzerland
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
underground · cryogenics · vacuum tube · detectors · CMS · ALICE · control room · injection · cooling system · liquid helium
Higgs boson
Elementary particle explaining mass
- God particleMass-origin quantum particle
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
hadrons
Quark-containing composite particles
- quarksFundamental hadron components
- gluonsStrong force exchange particles
- protonsPositive nuclear particles
leptons · bosons · fermions · muons · neutrinos · antiparticles · baryons · W boson
bunches
Grouped collections of items
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
- cross-sectionView through interior
- pile-upSeries of collisions
vertex · trigger · reconstruction · jets
standard model
Accepted reference framework
- supersymmetryBosons mirror fermions theoretically
- dark matterLightless cosmic mass
- extra dimensionsSpatial axes beyond three
collaborations
Joint creative endeavors
- data analysisSystematic information interpretation
- publicationsWorks issued to readers
- physicistsScientists studying matter, energy
- Big ScienceCERN, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator, synchrotron, particle physics
- particle physicsquark, quarks, lepton, leptons, boson
- Particle CollidersLarge Hadron Collider, hadron collider, synchrotron
- acceleratorsparticle accelerator, linear accelerator, cyclotron, synchrotron, collider
- megastructuresDyson sphere, space habitat, space elevator, arcologies, arcology
- photosynthesisphotosynthesis, chlorophyll, chloroplast, chloroplasts, PSI
LHCtelescope
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
James Webb Space Telescope · Hubble Space Telescope · radio telescope · observatory · Arecibo
Hypothetical scenario for reasoning
pen and paper · theoretical physics · armchair philosophy · pure mathematics