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The European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) will open all access points of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to visit the underground complex, the tunnel and caverns of experiments. On the surface outreach efforts which will make for particle physics, technology of this new instrument and its applications in other fields.
On April 6 CERN opens its doors to offer a unique opportunity to visit their new particle accelerator, the largest in the world, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), before it becomes operational in late this summer. This scientific instrument, the largest and most complex in the world, is installed in a tunnel 27 miles long, 100 meters underground in the Swiss canton of Geneva and neighboring France.
At the LHC, particles such as protons or heavy ions will be accelerated to nearly the speed of light in two tubes. In four points of intersection, the particles collide with an energy never before reached in a particle accelerator to study new areas of physics that until now were not accessible.
Researchers hope that experiments at the LHC will be made to respond to some fundamental questions, such as the origin of mass or the nature of the so-called “dark matter”. However, because the LHC will explore energy levels never before reached, will also produce unexpected results that raise new questions and new developments in physics.
In this open day, visitors to the CERN LHC and may descend to their big four “experiments”: ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb in their underground caverns. However, because access to the underground areas is limited by the capacity of the elevators and safety issues, are planning activities in the area, where visitors can learn particle physics and talk to physicists and engineers from CERN.
A central theme in addition to the LHC, its magnets and experiments, will be superconductivity, the principle underlying the operation of the LHC. At the heart of the LHC magnets are 7,000 kilometers of superconducting cables, cooled to temperatures near absolute zero, which can conduct electricity without resistance.
A series of experiments, exhibits and spectacular films presented to the public this interesting phenomenon, and visitors can meet the physical, “ask experts and experts”, and two Nobel laureates meet the conferences that will give their findings.
The fun and excitement of physics will be displayed at the Globe of Science and Innovation, and physical exhibits to be held in various locations around the ring. Girls and boys can meet the presenter of a popular French television series on their way through eight communes close to the LHC access points, and participate in the “natural magic”.
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| Category: physics | Tags: ALICE, ATLAS, CERN opens, CMS, Large Hadron Collider, LHCb, particle physics, scientific instrument |
