Who owns the Large Hadron Collider?

CERN
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle collider. It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) between 1998 and 2008 in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists and hundreds of universities and laboratories, as well as more than 100 countries.

How much did the CERN Hadron collider cost?

The Large Hadron Collider took a decade to build and cost around $4.75 billion. Most of that money came from European countries like Germany, the UK, France and Spain. Some believe that countries like the US and Japan might need to pony up for this second collider if it’s actually going to get built.

How does the LHC benefit society?

For the HL-LHC, the relevant benefits were taken to be: the value of training for early-stage researchers; technological or industrial spillovers to industry; cultural effects for the public; academic publications for scientists; and the public-good value for citizens (figure 1).

How does the Large Hadron Collider work at CERN?

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.

Is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) the most powerful particle accelerator?

No. Although powerful for an accelerator, the energy reached in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is modest by nature’s standards. Cosmic rays – particles produced by events in outer space – collide with particles in the Earth’s atmosphere at much greater energies than those of the LHC.

What type of magnets are used in the Large Hadron Collider?

Replacing one of the LHC’s dipole magnets (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN) 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.

What is the largest particle accelerator in the world?

The Large Hadron Collider. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It 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.