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Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider particle 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 over 10,000 scientists and... Wikipedia
Opened: October 21, 2008
Length: 27-kilometre
Circumference: 26,659 metres; (16.565 miles)
Coordinates: 46°14′06″N 06°02′42″E / 46.23500°N 6.04500°E
Dates of operation: 2010; 14 years ago – present
Location: Near Geneva, Switzerland; across the border of France and Switzerland
Maximum energy: 6.8 TeV per beam (13.6 TeV collision energy)
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the most powerful particle accelerator ever built. The accelerator sits in a tunnel 100 metres underground at CERN, the ...
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What is the LHC? The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It first started up on 10 September 2008, and ...