euronews science – Large Hadron Collider: A racetrack for particles

Published October 8, 2011 | By Bman

If you imagine the LHC on the border between Switzerland and France as a racetrack where particles run close to the speed of the light, then think of the magnetic field as their driver. More than 1200 so-called supermagnets weighing around 30 tonnes each are responsible for making the particles follow a curved path inside the Collider and make them meet…. www.euronews.net
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