The 7 Detectors


The CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid)


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The CMS investigates a wide range of physics. It is 22m long, 15m in diameter, and weighs 14,000 tones. This experiment's goal is to search for the Higgs boson, other dimensions, and dark matter.



The ATLAS

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This machine is 46m long, 25m in diameter and weight 7,000 tonnes. This experiment's job is to observe phenomena among massive particles such as lead collide.



The LHCb

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The LHCb's duty is to perform cross sectional measurements in the forward direction to help explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry.



The MoEDAL

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This experiment uses nuclear track detectors (which suffer damage due to highly ionized particles) to find the magnetic dipole and pseudo-stable particles.




The TOTEM

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This device measures elastic scattering, diffraction and cross section of the particle beams.




The LHCf

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHCf_experiment#/media/File:LHCf.jpg

The LHCf (placed on both sides of ATLAS) observes cosmic ray physics in the forward region of each collision and will hopefully explain the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.




The ALICE

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALICE_experiment

The ALICE focuses on the physics of strongly interacting matter at extreme energy densities. The energy densities here are great enough to produce a plasma where quarks and gluons are separate. The reverse of this transition is believed to play a role in the collapsing of neutron stars and other objects.

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