What is the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and what does it do?


by Geeky Gadgets

Geeky Gadgets— Deep beneath the serene landscape straddling the border of France and Switzerland, a marvel of modern science and engineering lies in wait. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, a massive particle collider with a circumference of 27 kilometers, is nestled 100 meters underground. This awe-inspiring structure represents a monumental international effort, bringing together the […]

Phys.org—Large Hadron Collider experiment zeroes in on magnetic monopoles. The late physicist Joseph Polchinski once said the existence of magnetic monopoles is "one of the safest bets that one can make about physics not yet seen." In its quest for these particles, which have a magnetic charge and are predicted by several theories that extend the Standard Model, the MoEDAL collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has not yet proven Polchinski right, but its latest findings mark a significant stride forward.

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