Collider by Paul Halpern
The Search for the World's Smallest Particles
An accessible tour of particle physics and the monumental effort to build and run the Large Hadron Collider, explaining how proton collisions probe the fundamental forces and constituents of matter, recounting the road from early experiments to the Standard Model, the hunt for the Higgs boson, and prospects like supersymmetry and extra dimensions, while demystifying how detectors work, dispelling safety concerns, and highlighting the global collaboration driving discoveries about the universe’s origins.
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- Published
- 2009
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 220-240
- Original Language
- English
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