Largest particle collider conducts successful test
SEP 10, 2008
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.022675
The Associated Press : The world’s largest particle collider successfully completed its first major test by firing a beam of protons all the way around a 17-mile (27-kilometer) tunnel Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe. ‘Big Bang’ experiment starts well : The most powerful physics experiment ever built, the Large Hadron Collider will re-create the conditions just after the Big Bang in an attempt to answer fundamental questions of science and the universe itself.Find out more about the LHC with this BBC News guide, starting at the top of the page with an introduction from Science Correspondent David Shukman.
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