The Large Hadron Collider
Future Developments and Implications
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the worlds largest and highest-energy particle accelerator built by CERN.The collider is contained in a circular tunnel, with a circumference of 27 kilometers (17 mi), at a depth ranging from 50 to 175 meters (160 to 574 ft) underground, it crosses the border between Switzerland and France at four points. With the aim of allowing physicist to test theories in particle physics this enormous machine accelerates particles at speeds nearly reaching the speed of light with nearly 1,000 dipole magnets propelling them. The particles are accelerated in opposite directions and meet at a certain point where they collide with great force. Such type of collision mimics that of just seconds after the Big Bang, creating a miniature Big Bang surrounded by particle detectors to observe what kind of subatomic reactions may occur. Physicist hope that the LHC will help answer some of the fundamental questions in physics regarding the deep structure of space and time, and basic laws and interactions between quantum mechanics and general relativity.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the worlds largest and highest-energy particle accelerator built by CERN.The collider is contained in a circular tunnel, with a circumference of 27 kilometers (17 mi), at a depth ranging from 50 to 175 meters (160 to 574 ft) underground, it crosses the border between Switzerland and France at four points. With the aim of allowing physicist to test theories in particle physics this enormous machine accelerates particles at speeds nearly reaching the speed of light with nearly 1,000 dipole magnets propelling them. The particles are accelerated in opposite directions and meet at a certain point where they collide with great force. Such type of collision mimics that of just seconds after the Big Bang, creating a miniature Big Bang surrounded by particle detectors to observe what kind of subatomic reactions may occur. Physicist hope that the LHC will help answer some of the fundamental questions in physics regarding the deep structure of space and time, and basic laws and interactions between quantum mechanics and general relativity. 
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