1. CERN The world’s largest Particle Physics Research Center in Geneva
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2. 20 countries members and many users34 92 41
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3. Fundamental research at the highest energy
What does CERN do?
Fundamental research at the highest energy
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4. They use different accelerators
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5. LEP
The large Electron Positron collider is in a circular tunnel 27 km round and 100 m underground
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6. APPLICATIONS
These are some of the applications of technologies developed at CERN for particle physics research
1.- World-Wide Web invented at CERN (
2.- Contribution to developments in technologies such as superconductivity, cryogenics, vacuum…
3.- Cancer therapy, medical and industrial imaging, radiation processing, electronics, measuring instruments, new manufacturing processes and materials, food preservation techniques, destruction of toxic products,
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7. LHC (Large Hadron Collider)
Beams of protons-protons will collide at an energy of 14 TeV
LHC will replace the LEP (beams of electrons-positrons at an energy less than 200 GeV
( 1 TeV = 103 GeV)
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8. DETECTORS
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9. WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO PROCESS THE HUGE AMOUNT OF DATA?
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10. The GRID: a new computing infrastructure
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11. Thank you !
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