EXPLORING THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER (LHC) AND ITS 4 DETECTORS

WHAT IS LHC AND WHERE IT IS?

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator located at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) near Geneva, Switzerland. It is the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, with a circumference of 27 kilometers (16.8 miles) 

WHY IS LHC? HOW DOES IT WORK??

The LHC is designed to collide beams of protons or heavy ions at high energies, in order to study the fundamental properties of matter and the laws of physics that govern them.

WORKING

The LHC consists of a circular tunnel, in which two beams of particles (protons or heavy ions) are accelerated in opposite directions to nearly the speed of light, and then made to collide head-on at four different locations, where four main detectors are located. These detectors are named ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, and ALICE, and each has its own specific scientific goals and design.

PARTICLES WILL BE ACCELERATED ALMOST 99% LIGHT SPEED

NOW WE KNOW THAT THEY WIL COLLIDE PARTICLES AND COLLECT DATA BUT HOW WILL THEY DO IT??

HERE DETECTORS COME INTO PLAY .THERE ARE DETECTORS TO DO THIS WORK .

1. ATLAS 2. CMS 3. LHCb 4. ALICE

1. ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS): ATLAS is a general-purpose detector designed to explore a wide range of physics phenomena, including the search for the Higgs boson, the study of the strong force, and the search for new physics beyond the Standard Model.It is a multi-purpose detector that is sensitive to a wide range of particles and can detect the decay products of new particles produced in the collisions.

REAL PICTURE OF ATLAS

DIAGRAM OF ATLAS

2. CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid): CMS is also a general-purpose detector, designed to study the Higgs boson and search for new physics beyond the Standard Model. It is similar to ATLAS in its goals and capabilities, but with a different design. CMS is designed to detect muons, a type of particle that is difficult to detect, and is also able to identify and measure the energy of other particles produced in the collisions.

CMS DETECTOR - DIAGRAM VIEW

CMS REAL LIFE VIEW

3. LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty): LHCb is a specialized detector designed to study the properties of B mesons, which are particles that contain a beauty quark. It is designed to measure the decay products of these particles, in order to study the fundamental laws of particle physics, including the violation of the CP symmetry. LHCb is also sensitive to other particles that are produced in the collisions.

INSIDE LHCb

LHCb DETECTOR - DIAGRAM VIEW

4. ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment): ALICE is a specialized detector designed to study the properties of heavy ions, such as lead ions, that are collided in the LHC. It is designed to study the quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter that is believed to have existed just after the Big Bang, and which can be created by colliding heavy ions at high energies. ALICE is also able to study the properties of other particles produced in the collisions, such as strange particles and charmed particles.

ALICE DETECTOR :DIAGRAM VIEW

ALICE DETECTOR : REAL LIFE VIEW

the LHC and its four detectors are at the forefront of modern particle physics research, allowing scientists to study the fundamental properties of matter and the universe, and to search for new physics beyond the Standard Model.

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