aaa-lhc-physics-day - Experimental Elementary Particle Physics

Big Bangs at the Large Hadron Collider Experimental Particle Physics Group University of Arizona

What is the Large Hadron Collider?  CERN is located

outside Geneva, Switzerland  The ring circumference is 18 miles  The energy of the LHC is now 8 TeV = 4 TeV + 4 TeV 2

What is the Large Hadron Collider?

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Are There Big Bangs at the LHC?

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What is the Higgs Boson and Have We Discovered It Yet?

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What is the Higgs Boson and Have We Discovered It Yet?

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Hot Off the Press Results  We definitely know where the Higgs is NOT

hiding  And we have a hint (only) as to where it may be found

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Does the Physics at the LHC Affect Me?

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What Role Does UA Play?

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What Role Does UA Play?

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What Role Does UA Play?

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What’s Next? I am happy to answer one or two

pressing questions There are three stations to visit where you will learn additional details about the Large Hadron Collider accelerator, the ATLAS experiment and UA’s participation this exciting project 

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Feel free to visit any one or all of the stations! Enjoy your tour! 12

How Does the Physics at the LHC Affect Me? Sometimes one simply has to wait for the full impact of science to be felt

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