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a bloke down my pub was telling me , about this Project being undertaken ,
called the Atlas Detector !
ATLAS is a particle physics experiment that will explore the fundamental nature of matter and the basic forces that shape our universe. The ATLAS detector will search for new discoveries in the head on collisions of protons of extraordinarily high energy. ATLAS is one of the largest collaborative efforts ever attempted in the physical sciences. There are 1800 physicists (Including 400 students) participating from more than 150 universities and laboratories in 34 countries
In the last 50 years, the study of the basic constituents of matter and their interactions has led to an extraordinarily detailed understanding of subatomic phenomena (phenomena on the scale of atomic nuclei or smaller). This work culminated in the unification of electromagnetism and radioactivity, by which we mean that they are now understood to be different aspects of the same phenomenon. This achievement ranks as one of the great triumphs of the human intellect.
http://pdg.lbl.gov/atlas/atlas_photos.html
These discoveries were the result of experiments involving:
Particle accelerators that produce proton and electron beams of ever increasing energy.
Detectors capable of measuring the complex interactions produced by the collisions of these high-energy beams.
The protons will be accelerated in the Large Hadron Collider, an underground accelerator ring 27 kilometres in circumference at the CERN Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland.
The particle beams are steered to collide in the middle of the ATLAS detector. The debris of the collisions reveal fundamental particle processes. The energy density in these high energy collisions is similar to the particle collision energy in the early universe less than a billionth of a second after the Big Bang.
In 2007 they are firing it up ..lol
they hope to create Black holes ...lol...OMFG lol ...dinosaurs in London anyone ..lol
full info here ...
http://pdg.lbl.gov/atlas/index.html
called the Atlas Detector !
ATLAS is a particle physics experiment that will explore the fundamental nature of matter and the basic forces that shape our universe. The ATLAS detector will search for new discoveries in the head on collisions of protons of extraordinarily high energy. ATLAS is one of the largest collaborative efforts ever attempted in the physical sciences. There are 1800 physicists (Including 400 students) participating from more than 150 universities and laboratories in 34 countries
In the last 50 years, the study of the basic constituents of matter and their interactions has led to an extraordinarily detailed understanding of subatomic phenomena (phenomena on the scale of atomic nuclei or smaller). This work culminated in the unification of electromagnetism and radioactivity, by which we mean that they are now understood to be different aspects of the same phenomenon. This achievement ranks as one of the great triumphs of the human intellect.
http://pdg.lbl.gov/atlas/atlas_photos.html
These discoveries were the result of experiments involving:
Particle accelerators that produce proton and electron beams of ever increasing energy.
Detectors capable of measuring the complex interactions produced by the collisions of these high-energy beams.
The protons will be accelerated in the Large Hadron Collider, an underground accelerator ring 27 kilometres in circumference at the CERN Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland.
The particle beams are steered to collide in the middle of the ATLAS detector. The debris of the collisions reveal fundamental particle processes. The energy density in these high energy collisions is similar to the particle collision energy in the early universe less than a billionth of a second after the Big Bang.
In 2007 they are firing it up ..lol
they hope to create Black holes ...lol...OMFG lol ...dinosaurs in London anyone ..lol
full info here ...
http://pdg.lbl.gov/atlas/index.html