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Particle Physics at Discovery's Horizon

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and how the U.S. Department of Energy and National Science Foundation have collaborated with this huge project and related experiments. You can find facts about the LHC, browse a bank of high...
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The Atlas Experiment: Mapping the Secrets of the Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you want to know about ATLAS, "a particle physics experiment at the Large Hadron Coliider at CERN." The ATLAS website answers questions including, "What is the schedule of the ATLAS experiment?", "How big is ATLAS?", "Are...
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Cern: The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment

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The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment (CMS), an LHC experiment, detects muons, electrons and photons, provides momentum measurements, and, like ATLAS, is responsible for detecting the Higgs boson. This CERN website offers news about CMS,...
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Sciencebase and Elemental Discoveries: Sciencebase: Large Hadron Collider

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn facts about the Large Hadron Collider project and its impact on the world of physics research.
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Particle Physics at Discovery's Horizon: The Lhc Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
At four points in the Large Hadron Collider, experiments will take place, which will investigate proton collisions. Find easy-to-understand explanations of the four main experiments, known as ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb.
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Bbc News: 'Big Bang' Experiment Starts Well

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch a narrated animation on the Large Hadron Collider, its experiments, structure, and computer system. Then, browse this site's sections to explore facts about and functions of CMS, ATLAS, ALICE, LHCb, the LHC Computing Grid, and the...
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Cern: Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the six experiments at the Large Hadron Collider: ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment), ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS), CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid), LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty), TOTEM (TOTal Elastic and...
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Lancaster University: Particle Physics Package: Higgs: Detector

For Students 9th - 10th
Details on ATLAS, one of the Large Hadron Collider experiments, and on the detection of Higgs decay.
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Lancaster University: Particle Physics Package: Large Hadron Collider

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is, when it was built, what it contains, and how it will help scientists better understand the universe by finding the Higgs field and solving the "mystery of antimatter." Includes very simple...
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Particle Physics at Discovery's Horizon: What Is the Lhc?

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), offering information on its location, its experiments, and what scientists hope to learn through this machine buried below Geneva, Switzerland. Click a menu of links to read details...
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Lancaster Particle Physics Package: Lhc

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is, when it was built, what it contains, and how it will help scientists better understand the universe by finding the Higgs field and solving the "mystery of antimatter." Includes very simple...
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Lancaster Particle Physics Package: Lhc

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is, when it was built, what it contains, and how it will help scientists better understand the universe by finding the Higgs field and solving the "mystery of antimatter." Includes very simple...