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Exploring Particles: CERN's Particle Accelerators and Detectors

Discover the world of particle accelerators and detectors at CERN, where particles are accelerated to near the speed of light and crashed together to uncover their composition. Learn about the largest and most powerful accelerator being built and the challenges of detecting particles. Join us in creating a model of a particle accelerator for a fun learning experience!

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Exploring Particles: CERN's Particle Accelerators and Detectors

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  1. Here’s one we made earlier… Now we zoom in on this blood

  2. White blood cells Red blood cells

  3. Proton Neutron

  4. We can combine two neutrons and two protons to make…. Helium

  5. Quark table

  6. Neutrinos pass straight through you, just like this!

  7. Higgs Boson

  8. CERN sits astride the Franco–Swiss border, near Geneva. CERN primarily consists of Particle Accelerators, which speed up the particles and then crash them together in order to find out what they are made of. What Is CERN?

  9. Particle Accelerators speed particles up to close to the speed of light. There are two different types, Linear and Circular. These particles are sped up using electric fields, and curved round using a magnetic field. The new particle accelerator that they are building will be the biggest and most powerful in the world. Particle Accelerators

  10. Once the particles have been created they have to be detected. It is quite difficult to detect some particles, as you cannot see them using ordinary light. Particle Detectors

  11. The ATLAS detector At CERN

  12. Used more iron in its construction than all the Iron in the Eiffel Tower

  13. The final result of a Tracking Chamber even though it can’t ‘see’ the particles

  14. The Compact Muon Solenoid, CERN

  15. We are now going to produce a model of what goes on in a particle accelerator. Please do everything correctly, it will be fun! CERN

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