Year 2008, the greatest experiment in History is ready to go.
LARGE HADRON COLLIDER (LHC)
When in operation, LHC will generate the greatest amount of information that has ever been produced in an experiment before. It will also reveal some of the most fundamental secrets of nature.
In the next animation you will be able to find a fast overview about what this experiment involves.
Despite the enormous amount of information available about this topic, it is not easy for non-specialists to know where the data come from.
Basically, the purpose of this website is to help introduce and inform the public about the LHC experiment, and some simple physical calculations which take place in all particle accelerators. They can be used in secondary school classrooms in order to stimulate the curiosity of the students, help them understand the physical concepts of LHC, and they can also be used as an example of the relationship between the cold equations of Physics on the blackboard and the exciting scientific research.
The calculations that you will be finding in this Website are adapted from the Physics of Secondary School and in most cases they are just very simple approaches to the correct results.
It may be interesting to take a look at other websites which give simple description of Particle Physics. For example: An Introduction To Particle Physics or other links that you can find on this website.
A link to the Glossary -with other informations- can always be found at the top of the page.
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