Particle physics at CERN

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world.

A large magnet under construction at CERN’s facility called Large Magnet Facility. Photo: Brandon Style/Unsplash

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world. The 27-km machine collides protons and heavy nuclei in the middle of large, complex detectors. These detectors measure high energy particles flying away from each collision, producing valuable data for new physics searches.

This presentation will give you a peek inside the LHC collider and experiments. You will also learn a little about how they work and how physicists can use the data to identify and study new particles like the Higgs boson.