The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle collider, sending beams of atoms at speeds near light speed. The collider is near the Swiss-French border and has a spectacular circumference of 26,659 meters.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research funded and built the collider, and it opened in 2008. It has energy up to 1.18 TeV*, which destroys the previous record held by Tevatron.
Scientists built colliders to fly particles at astonishing speeds and crash them together for atomic reactions, hoping to discover new elements and particles. Researchers are now after the “God Particle” or the Higgs boson to find the key to the universe’s creation. This is what we call “Dark Matter”. Independence day 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson.
In a galaxy far far away (Star Wars), even ships like the iconic Millennium Falcon can make jumps into “Hyperspace”. Knowing Dark Matter might give humans a chance of traveling “Lightspeed”!
“If we can figure out the properties of dark matter, we learn what our galaxy is made of,” said Joshua Ruderman, an associate professor of physics at New York University (NYU). “It would be transformative,” he added.
The universe is made up of matter, and 5% of all things are stars, planets, and galaxies. Scientists believe that 27% of the universe is Dark Matter, which accounts for more than all known matter added together.
Dark Matter is there. We’ve known that since the times of Albert Einstein. Dark Matter doesn’t emit or give light, which makes them hard to detect. Researchers have seen its gravitational pull on objects and how it canbend light, but no one has been able to capture it.
But the Large Hadron Collider is what researchers need to find out what Dark Matter is. In the collider, the temperature drops to minus 456 degrees Fahrenheit, sending particles flying at each other. Detectors (highly advanced sensors and monitors), like the Alice Detector, will pick up signals and collect valuable data. The collider simulates what happened in the Big Bang, which is crucial in finding how the universe formed.
The collider was built and upgraded multiple times. Now, it has the highest energy volts ever (13.6 trillion volts).
In 2018, two new studies did proton-on-proton in the collider. However, during the second run, scientists found what they were looking for – 8 million Higgs boson particles detected by the Atlas and CMS detectors. Lastly, the studies were published last week, on July 4th, 2022. Recently, scientists ran the 3rd run to see if the particles could smash together at an even greater force (with modifications). And a predicted 180 million Higgs boson particles will be produced.
The research will last until 2026.
The Large Hadron Collider will help European Scientists make the next huge breakthrough in history. Knowing how the universe is formed is the next step in atomic research.
* In physics, eV means electron-volt. In TeV, the ‘T’ stands for ‘tera-’. For more information,
Link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronvolt.
Important FAQs on the LHC:
Will it create a black hole and destroy Earth?
No, it will not, it will be entirely safe.
How long did it take to create?
From 1998 to 2008, 10 years.
When was the Higgs boson discovered?
July 4th, 2012.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research funded and built the collider, and it opened in 2008. It has energy up to 1.18 TeV*, which destroys the previous record held by Tevatron.
Scientists built colliders to fly particles at astonishing speeds and crash them together for atomic reactions, hoping to discover new elements and particles. Researchers are now after the “God Particle” or the Higgs boson to find the key to the universe’s creation. This is what we call “Dark Matter”. Independence day 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson.
In a galaxy far far away (Star Wars), even ships like the iconic Millennium Falcon can make jumps into “Hyperspace”. Knowing Dark Matter might give humans a chance of traveling “Lightspeed”!
“If we can figure out the properties of dark matter, we learn what our galaxy is made of,” said Joshua Ruderman, an associate professor of physics at New York University (NYU). “It would be transformative,” he added.
The universe is made up of matter, and 5% of all things are stars, planets, and galaxies. Scientists believe that 27% of the universe is Dark Matter, which accounts for more than all known matter added together.
Dark Matter is there. We’ve known that since the times of Albert Einstein. Dark Matter doesn’t emit or give light, which makes them hard to detect. Researchers have seen its gravitational pull on objects and how it canbend light, but no one has been able to capture it.
But the Large Hadron Collider is what researchers need to find out what Dark Matter is. In the collider, the temperature drops to minus 456 degrees Fahrenheit, sending particles flying at each other. Detectors (highly advanced sensors and monitors), like the Alice Detector, will pick up signals and collect valuable data. The collider simulates what happened in the Big Bang, which is crucial in finding how the universe formed.
The collider was built and upgraded multiple times. Now, it has the highest energy volts ever (13.6 trillion volts).
In 2018, two new studies did proton-on-proton in the collider. However, during the second run, scientists found what they were looking for – 8 million Higgs boson particles detected by the Atlas and CMS detectors. Lastly, the studies were published last week, on July 4th, 2022. Recently, scientists ran the 3rd run to see if the particles could smash together at an even greater force (with modifications). And a predicted 180 million Higgs boson particles will be produced.
The research will last until 2026.
The Large Hadron Collider will help European Scientists make the next huge breakthrough in history. Knowing how the universe is formed is the next step in atomic research.
* In physics, eV means electron-volt. In TeV, the ‘T’ stands for ‘tera-’. For more information,
Link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronvolt.
Important FAQs on the LHC:
Will it create a black hole and destroy Earth?
No, it will not, it will be entirely safe.
How long did it take to create?
From 1998 to 2008, 10 years.
When was the Higgs boson discovered?
July 4th, 2012.
