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The Worlds Biggest Experiment
CERN…Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
Large Hadron ColliderWorlds most expensive science project!!Worlds largest particle acceleratorWorlds largest energy acceleratorParticles will accelerate to 99.9999% of the
speed of lightIt is 27kilometers (17 miles) in circumference
It will operate at 1.9 Kelvin (colder than outer space)
By contrast the blast from the beams will be 100,000 times hotter then the heart of the sun.
The internal pressure in the LHC is 10-13 (atm)It is located in the Jura Mountains and the Alps
near Geneva SwitzerlandIt was funded and built by over 10,000 scientists
and engineers from over 100 counties as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories
It will cost anywhere from 3.2 billion to 6.4 billion dollars to build and operate!!
Produce the Higgs BosonUnify or destroy the existing theories of
matterCreate a real understanding on how the
universe works and how it beganProve of disprove the existence of other
dimensions beyond the four that we know ofprove antimatters effects on the universeProve the existence of dark matter and its
influence on us.
It will be upgraded after ten years of serviceThe initial beam will carry more protons or
“bigger packets”The luminescent sensors will also be
upgraded to record the happenings betterLots more money…they won’t say…(surprise)
CERN website: http://public.web.cern.ch/public/