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Name

Large Hadron Collider

Altern. Name

LHC

Web Link

https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider

Description

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It first started up on 10 September 2008, and remains the latest addition to CERN’s accelerator complex. The LHC consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with a number of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the particles along the way.

Type

scientific instrument

Discipline

Other

Keywords

physics, material science