What is the large hadron collider for?

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jamesj · Answer

In their own words:

"LHC [Large Hadron Collidor] - the aim of the exercise:
To smash protons moving at 99.999999% of the speed of light into each other and so recreate conditions a fraction of a second after the big bang. The LHC experiments try and work out what happened."

anonymous · Answer

Oh, cool! Have they succeeded?

jamesj · Answer

Yes, they've successfully smashed together particles at these speeds.  The analysis of the results and the experiments themselves are on-going.

anonymous · Answer

So they created the effectof what a fraction of a second after the big bang would look like?

jamesj · Answer

You might find this interesting. The most famous aspect of their work is the search for the Higgs Boson. But there are other experimental objectives as well: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/13/higgs-boson-lhc-explained?INTCMP=SRCH

anonymous · Answer

Ill check it out!