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Hunting the Higgs: The Inside Story of the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: United Kingdom; Papadakis; 07 Nov 2013Description: 64 Pages; HardbackISBN:
  • 9781906506377
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 539.73
Summary: This is the inside story of one of the world's largest particle detectors. Two years ago, the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva began investigating the most powerful particle collisions physicists have ever created. Its discoveries include evidence of a new particle that many think is the famous and long-sought Higgs boson. This book tells the story of one of the world's largest particle detectors, from its inception in the late 1980s to its construction in the 2000s and its first years of operation in the 2010s. You can find out why a machine designed to find tiny subatomic particles exceeds the height of the tallest dinosaurs, why the ATLAS detector throws away 99.998 per cent of the data it finds in the blink of an eye - and why its search for discoveries that will change the way we think about the universe has only just begun.
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Science 539.73 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn PKLC001032
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Science 539.73 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn For Sale PKLC001637
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This is the inside story of one of the world's largest particle detectors. Two years ago, the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva began investigating the most powerful particle collisions physicists have ever created. Its discoveries include evidence of a new particle that many think is the famous and long-sought Higgs boson. This book tells the story of one of the world's largest particle detectors, from its inception in the late 1980s to its construction in the 2000s and its first years of operation in the 2010s. You can find out why a machine designed to find tiny subatomic particles exceeds the height of the tallest dinosaurs, why the ATLAS detector throws away 99.998 per cent of the data it finds in the blink of an eye - and why its search for discoveries that will change the way we think about the universe has only just begun.

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