Large Hadrian Collider

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The Impacts of Large Hadron Collider to the Field of Physics

I. Introduction
Particle physics deals with the study of the smallest, most intricate objects of nature. Examples of these particles include the atom (10-10 m), nucleus (10-14 m), and quarks (less than 10-19 m) (Ekeren, 2013). These fundamental particles trace back to the moments after the Big Bang. As a way to explore how our universe evolved to what is in existence now, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, abbreviated as CERN, built the world’s most powerful particle accelerator during 1998 and 2008 – the Large Hadron Collider, or, the LHC. (STFC, n.d.). The LHC is the last element of the chain of accelerator complex present in CERN. The accelerator complex consists of a sequence of machines with increasingly higher energies (CERN, 2009). In the LHC, each particle beam injected is accelerated up to 7 TeV (electronvolt) of energy. The LHC is composed of different experimental halls which are intended for different purposes which will be discussed further in this paper. Physicists believes that the energy density and temperature data gathered from the collision experiments at the LHC will be able to demonstrate what existed within the moments after the Big Bang, to provide an example for its data’s use. They recreate and simulate these experiments inside the 27 km accelerator through beam collision of beams of high-energy protons or ions which travel at the speed of light, or 300 million meters per second (STFC, n.d.; US/LHC, 2012).
The purpose of the LHC is to allow physicists to prove and experiment with the numerous theories behind particle and high-energy physics, as well as to determine the existence of the speculated Higgs particle and a new family of ...

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... is manipulated via electromagnetic devices. Different electromagnetic devices are employed in the LHC, being 1). Dipole magnets which maintain the circular orbiting of the particles, 2. Quadrupole magnets which focus the beam, and 3. Accelerator cavities which are electromagnetic resonators that keep the energy constant for the particles through compensation of energy losses (CERN, 2009; Alison, 2012; Evans, 2007; Rossi, 2000).
Furthermore, the collider is only one of the significant parts of the LHC project. The detectors and the GRID are the other two important parts of LHC project. The detectors can be found at different points around the LHC tunnel which is housed in 4 different large chambers. The GRID is a large comprehensive network of computers with built-in softwares necessary for data processing from the recorded figures of the detectors (STFC, n.d.).

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