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←Older revision | Newer revision→ The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. Three hundred feet underground Geneva at CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, there is a 27km long tunnel where protons will be travelling at 99.9999 the speed of light at a couple degrees above absolute zero (−459.67° fahrenheit). Keeping these protons on course requires kilometers of powerful magnets, which need to be properly calibrated. LHC@home is improving how these magnets work by simulating how these particles travel through the accelerator tunnel. With the help of these calculations, the magnets that control the particle beam can be calibrated with greater precision, making it possible to smash together bunches of protons at very high energies. By observing the aftermath of these collisions, physicists hope to learn what matter is made of and what forces hold it together.
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