Scientists turn on biggest ‘Big Bang Machine’
Chapter 3: After 14 years of work, atom-smasher comes to life amid hoopla
Maximilien Brice / CERN
The eight torodial magnets can be seen on the huge ATLAS detector with the calorimeter before it is moved into the middle of the detector. This calorimeter will measure the energies of particles produced when protons collide in the center of the detector.
Will it work or blow up the Earth? We will soon find out!
Lets hope for the best!
Technorati Tags: Science, Technology, Hedron ColliderWill it work or blow up the Earth? We will soon find out!
Lets hope for the best!
I can't help but get excited about things like this....What can I say I'm a geek at heart :) Well since they did the test and we didn't all get sucked into a black hole, we know that there is more to this whole thing then we could probably ever imagine!
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