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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.
- Sponsor: CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research)
- Start Date: September 2004
- Results: for publication
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Videos
Large Hardron Rap: Rap song about the LHC
CERN in 3 Minutes: Short video about CERN and the LHC
The Science of the Large Hadron Collider
Particle Physics
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Particle Accellerators
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The Large Hadron Collider
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LHC@home
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Results
- Herr, Werner; Kaltchev, D.I.; McIntosh, E.; Schmidt, F. Large scale beam-beam simulations for the CERN LHC using distributed computing resources. 10th European Particle Accelerator Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 26 - 30 Jun 2006, pp.526
- McIntosh, E; Schmidt, F; de Dinechin, F. Massive Tracking On Heterogeneous Platforms. 9th International Computational Accelerator Physics Conference (ICAP), October 2006
Links of Interest
Info from CERN
Wikipedia
LHC@home In the Classroom
Are you a science educator? Please take a look at -- and please contribute to -- Volunteer Computing in the Classroom and LHC@home in the Classroom.
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