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One Of The World's Greatest Inventions-the Large Hadron Collider by clevadani: 6:40pm On Jul 06, 2015 |
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It first started up on 10 September 2008, and remains the latest addition to CERN’s accelerator complex. The LHC consists of a 27- kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with a number of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the particles along the way. Inside the accelerator, two high-energy particle beams travel at close to the speed of light before they are made to collide. The beams travel in opposite directions in separate beam pipes – two tubes kept at ultrahigh vacuum. They are guided around the accelerator ring by a strong magnetic field maintained by superconducting electromagnets. The electromagnets are built from coils of special electric cable that operates in a superconducting state, efficiently conducting electricity without resistance or loss of energy. This requires chilling the magnets to ‑271.3°C – a temperature colder than outer space. For this reason, much of the accelerator is connected to a distribution system of liquid helium, which cools the magnets, as well as to other supply services. Thousands of magnets of different varieties and sizes are used to direct the beams around the accelerator. These include 1232 dipole magnets 15 metres in length which bend the beams, and 392 quadrupole magnets, each 5–7 metres long, which focus the beams. Just prior to collision, another type of magnet is used to "squeeze" the particles closer together to increase the chances of collisions. The particles are so tiny that the task of making them collide is akin to firing two needles 10 kilometres apart with such precision that they meet halfway. The Large Hadron Collider The LHC is the largest machine in the world. It took thousands of scientists, engineers and technicians decades to plan and build, and it continues to operate at the very boundaries of scientific knowledge. All the controls for the accelerator, its services and technical infrastructure are housed under one roof at the CERN Control Centre. From here, the beams inside the LHC are made to collide at four locations around the accelerator ring, corresponding to the positions of four particle detectors – ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb.
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Re: One Of The World's Greatest Inventions-the Large Hadron Collider by 1bunne4lif(m): 6:47pm On Jul 06, 2015 |
Wonderful! |
Re: One Of The World's Greatest Inventions-the Large Hadron Collider by RobinHez(m): 6:49pm On Jul 06, 2015 |
fascinating |
Re: One Of The World's Greatest Inventions-the Large Hadron Collider by Prodigee: 7:21pm On Jul 06, 2015 |
so wot exactly is it's application for human use? |
Re: One Of The World's Greatest Inventions-the Large Hadron Collider by Dekatron(m): 7:26pm On Jul 06, 2015 |
Progress has been made due to this machine HIGGS BOSON COMES TO MY THE GOD PARTICLE. . . . That bad boy particle. Lol cc lalasticlala |
Re: One Of The World's Greatest Inventions-the Large Hadron Collider by Dekatron(m): 7:27pm On Jul 06, 2015 |
Prodigee:to find the beginning of the universe and how it was formed |
Re: One Of The World's Greatest Inventions-the Large Hadron Collider by Angelou(m): 11:02am On Jul 07, 2015 |
i first read about this machine in dan brown's blockbuster novel "angels and demons" it was a work of fiction until i later discovered that the LHC holds the guiness world record of being the largest machine on earth... It is situated underneath the soil surface |
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