Who runs the Large Hadron Collider?

the European Organization for Nuclear Research
Large Hadron Collider (LHC), world’s most powerful particle accelerator. The LHC was constructed by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in the same 27-km (17-mile) tunnel that housed its Large Electron-Positron Collider (LEP).

What does the LHCb do?

The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment specializes in investigating the slight differences between matter and antimatter by studying a type of particle called the “beauty quark”, or “b quark”.

What happened to the Large Hadron Collider?

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle collider. After upgrades it reached 6.5 TeV per beam (13 TeV total collision energy, the present world record). At the end of 2018, it was shut down for two years for further upgrades.

What is LHCb experiment at CERN?

The LHCb experiment is one of the four large experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, situated underground on the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva. The experiment is designed to study decays of particles containing a beauty quark, a fundamental particle that has roughly four times the mass of the proton.

What do scientists do at CERN?

We do so using the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments. Physicists and engineers at CERN use the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter – fundamental particles. Subatomic particles are made to collide together at close to the speed of light.

What happens at the Large Hadron Collider?

Seven experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) use detectors to analyse the myriad of particles produced by collisions in the accelerator. These experiments are run by collaborations of scientists from institutes all over the world.

What are the coordinates of the ATLAS experiment?

ATLAS experiment. Coordinates: 46°14′8″N 6°3′19″E / 46.23556°N 6.05528°E / 46.23556; 6.05528 ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) is one of the seven particle detector experiments constructed at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland.

What is the purpose of the LHC experiments?

LHC experiments Eight experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) use detectors to analyse the myriad of particles produced by collisions in the accelerator. These experiments are run by collaborations of scientists from institutes all over the world. Each experiment is distinct, and characterised by its detectors.

What are the biggest experiments at CERN?

The biggest experiments at CERN operate at the Large Hadron Collider, seen here during the installation of the accelerator’s dipole magnets (Image: Maximilien Brice/Claudia Marcelloni/CERN) The biggest of these experiments, ATLAS and CMS, use general-purpose detectors to investigate the largest range of physics possible.