Experimental physics
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Experimental physics is the category of disciplines and sub-disciplines in the field of physics that are concerned with the observation of physical phenomena and experiments. Methods vary from discipl
Sir Ernest Rutherford's laboratory, early 20th century
A view of the CMS detector, an experimental endeavour of the LHC at CERN
Large Hadron Collider
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The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research between 1998 and 2008, in collaboration with ov
Experimental physics
…from discipline to discipline, from simple experiments and observations, such as experiments by Galileo Galilei, to more complicated ones, such as the Large Hadron Collider. Experimental physics is a branch of physics that is concerned with data acquisition, data-acquisition methods, and the detailed conceptualization…
Superconducting quadrupole electromagnets are used to direct the beams to four intersection points, where interactions between accelerated protons take place.
LHC magnet cross sections, left is a dipole magnet segment and right is a quadrupole magnet segment.
The LHC protons originate from the small red hydrogen tank.
CMS detector for LHC