T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
July 11, 2012
Volume 93, No.
122
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Physicists used the world’s most powerful particle accelerator to
find the long-sought Higgs boson, the “God...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Wednesday
July 11, 2012
Volume 93, No.
122
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
+
Physicists used the world’s most powerful particle accelerator to
find the long-sought Higgs boson, the “God particle.
”
1 Magnets move two beams
of protons near the speed of light
5.
6 mi.
(8.
6 km) diameter ring
2 Beams collide in a
ring of detectors,
creating a spray of
subatomic particles
Trap for the ‘God particle’
3 Detectors reveal what kinds of particles
were produced when protons collided
Detectors
Human figure shows
size of machine
Proton beam Proton beam
Proton
beamFragments
Fragments
Positive
charge
Proton
NOTE: Called
“God particle”
because it may
help give all
particles their
mass
TRAP FOR THE ‘GOD PARTICLE’
1.
Magnets move two beams of
protons near the speed of light
2.
Beams collide in a ring of
detectors, creating a spray of
subatomic particles
3.
Detectors reveal what kinds of particles
were produced when protons collided
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