LARGE HADRON COLLIDER

WHAT IS A HADRON?
A hadron is a composite particle made of quarks held together by the strong force. There are two different types: mesons and baryons.

WHAT IS THE LHC?
The Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. It is a ring collider that executes physics experiments in order to help us understand the world.

LHC DIAGRAM

DETECTORS

EXTRA INFO ABOUT THE LHC

• The LHC is 27km long
• It weighs more than 38,000 tons
• It is located on the border of Switzerland and France
• The creation of the CMS detector is the only one built above ground

Untitled Slide

CMS

VIDEO OF THE LHC

• http://youtu.be/qQNpucos9wc

CITATIONS

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7543089.stm
• http://home.web.cern.ch/topics/large-hadron-collider
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-video/4124605/Large-Hadron-Colli...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
• http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/10pntf/eli5_the_large_ha...