Large Hadron Collider Content

Physicists Measure the Very, Very, Very Small

Andy Fell — June 04, 2024 - 10:38am

51�ԹϺ�� Davis physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, recently completed a measurement that sets an upper limit on the size of one of the smallest particles known, the tau lepton.

Students Build, Install Dark Matter Detector at CERN

Andy Fell — May 01, 2024 - 11:54am

A dark matter detector designed and built by 51�ԹϺ�� Davis undergraduate and graduate students is now undergoing trials at CERN. The device, a demonstration prototype for an experiment called FORMOSA, is currently installed in the forward region of the ATLAS detector, part of the Large Hadron Collider.

Explore Secrets of the Universe in Spectacular IMAX Movie

Andy Fell — July 05, 2019 - 9:46am

Venture from the tiniest subatomic particles to the grand scale of the galaxies and step inside the biggest machine ever built in Secrets of the Universe, a new IMAX movie. Secrets of the Universe will have its global premiere at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., on July 10.