Saturday, June 1, 2019
CERN Adventure
We took a trip to CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), and went to the Microcosm museum and the Globe of Science and Innovation. One of the most interesting things about the operation of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is amount of the effort that goes into just starting up the loop. First the liquid helium cooling system is started to get the magnets down to a cool -271 degrees Celsius, to allow the magnets to become super conductors. Next, Helium is injected into the smallest of the three loops. The magnets must be powered up and calibrated for this part. Then the particles speeds up and is moved into the medium sized ring for greater acceleration. Fourth, the particles are moved to the largest of the loops, at 27 kilometers. The particles are then accelerated as close to the speed of light as possible to get the best results. There are 4 different particle detectors that each search for different data. They are CMS, ATLAS, ALICE, and LHCb. As the particles reach the desired speed the readings are collected. The particles are now ready for a collision. It takes precise planning to get the particles to collide in one of the detectors. During the collisions, data is recorded to the storage bank, then processed to be able to be interpreted. The events are examined to determine what the collision produced.
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My favorite display was the quartant. In trigonometry one subject that always confused me was using ratios to find the heights of objects. T... -
I was shocked learning about Einstein’s personal life. In pictures he just looked like he’d be the fun cooky uncle, so finding out his lack ...
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CERN was very interesting and was able to put on a really good show. I loved the layout and how you could sit in little domes to get a short...
I thought the exhibits did a great job of breaking down how the LHC works. As someone who isn’t that familiar with physics, I was able to get a general sense of what was happening.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the diagram of the components. The interactive video explations were cool too!
ReplyDeleteThe exhibit really grabbed my attention and showed how the LHC process happens. I really enjoyed seeing the video on the screen, but also the direction of movement on the particle accelerator geographical map.
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