Do You Believe in Magick Part 19 CERN EXPERIMENTS What kind of Magick are they working in Switzerland? http://home.cern/about/experiments

Experiments (information taken from the CERN website)
A range of experiments at CERN investigate physics from cosmic rays to supersymmetry



LHC experiments

Seven experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) use detectors to analyse the myriad of particles produced by collisions in the accelerator. These experiments are run by collaborations of scientists from institutes all over the world. Each experiment is distinct, and characterized by its detectors.
The biggest of these experiments, ATLAS and CMS, use general-purpose detectors to investigate the largest range of physics possible. Having two independently designed detectors is vital for cross-confirmation of any new discoveries made. ALICE and LHCb have detectors specialized for focussing on specific phenomena. These four detectors sit underground in huge caverns on the LHC ring.
The smallest experiments on the LHC are TOTEM and LHCf, which focus on "forward particles" – protons or heavy ions that brush past each other rather than meeting head on when the beams collide. TOTEM uses detectors positioned on either side of the CMS interaction point, while LHCf is made up of two detectors which sit along the LHC beamline, at 140 metres either side of the ATLAS collision point. MoEDAL uses detectors deployed near LHCb to search for a hypothetical particle called the magnetic monopole.
Non-LHC experiments

While the main focus of research at CERN has moved in recent years towards the LHC, experiments at other accelerators and facilities both on-site and off remain an important part of the laboratory’s activities.
In “fixed-target” experiments, a beam of accelerated particles is directed at a solid, liquid or gas target, which itself can be part of the detection system. COMPASS, which looks at the structure of hadrons – particles made of quarks – uses beams from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). NA61/SHINE studies the properties of hadrons in collisions of beam particles with fixed targets. NA62 uses protons from the SPS to study rare decays of kaons.DIRAC is investigating the strong force between quarks at the Proton Synchrotron (PS). TheCLOUD experiment is investigating a possible link between cosmic rays and cloud formation. ACE, AEGIS, ALPHA, ASACUSA, and ATRAP all use antiprotons from theAntiproton Decelerator, while the CAST experiment is looking for hypothetical particles coming not from collisions at the accelerators but from the Sun.
Experimental facilities at CERN include the Radioactive Ion Beam facility (ISOLDE) and theneutron time-of-flight facility (nTOF).
This diverse research programme ensures that CERN covers a wide range of topics in physics, from kaons to cosmic rays, and from the Standard Model to supersymmety. Find out more about individual experiments in the list below.

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Experiments and Facilities

ACE


ACE brings together an international team of physicists, biologists and medics to study the biological effects of antiprotons

AEGIS


AEGIS uses a beam of antiprotons from the Antiproton Decelerator to measure the value of Earth's gravitational acceleration

ALICE


ALICE detects quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter thought to have formed just after the big bang

ALPHA


ALPHA makes, captures and studies atoms of antihydrogen and compares them with hydrogen atoms

AMS


The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer looks for dark matter, antimatter and missing matter from a module on the International Space Station

ASACUSA


ASACUSA compares matter and antimatter using atoms of antiprotonic helium and antihydrogen, and studies the properties of matter-antimatter collisions

ATLAS


From a cavern 100 metres below a small Swiss village, the 7000-tonne ATLAS detector is probing for fundamental particles

ATRAP


ATRAP compares hydrogen atoms with their antimatter equivalents - antihydrogen atoms

AWAKE


AWAKE explores the use of plasma to accelerate particles to high energies over short distances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmxhFY4YzME

BASE

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BASE is aiming for the most precise measurements of the magnetic moments of protons and antiprotons - to compare matter with antimatter

CAST


Hypothetical particles called axions could explain differences between matter and antimatter - and we may find them at the centre of the Sun

CLOUD


Could there be a link between galactic cosmic rays and cloud formation? An experiment at CERN is using the cleanest box in the world to find out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-9ppB-s0qc

CMS


The CMS detector uses a huge solenoid magnet to bend the paths of particles from collisions in the LHC

COMPASS


COMPASS investigates how quarks and gluons interact to give the particles we observe

DIRAC

DIRAC The Interware



A collaboration of CERN physicists are studying the decay of unstable “pionium atoms” to gain insight into the strong force

ISOLDE


ISOLDE studies the properties of atomic nuclei, with further applications in fundamental studies, astrophysics, material and life sciences

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