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Large Hadron Collider: first year
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Spiropulu, Maria Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
Last reviewed:2012
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.YB120359
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest and most complex scientific undertaking ever attempted. Its results will determine the future direction of high-energy physics. The LHC produced 7 TeV proton–proton collisions in 2010 and 2011, and it is expected to produce 14 TeV proton–proton collisions in 2014. Experiments at the LHC may discover new particles and forces associated with electroweak symmetry breaking, dark matter, or properties of the early universe.
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