Monday, May 11, 2009

Going to Work on the LHC (Large Hadron Collider)

There is a fascinating series of videos of some physicists who are working on the LHC (well, wanting to work but having to wait while the LHC is fixed). These videos give you a taste of what they are up to. It is a fun "inside" look at the work of physicists.

Here's a blurb about the first video:
The first in a series of films following a team of physicists involved in research at the new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland.

Gavin, Jon and Adam have a cunning plan to find the Higgs Boson, an elusive particle which physicists have been trying to find for over 40 years.

One of the main aims of the the LHC is to discover once and for all whether the Higgs actually exists or not, and ‘Eurostar’ might just hold the key to finding out.


Colliding Particles - Episode 1: Codename Eurostar


You can see all the videos at http://www.collidingparticles.com/

Currently there are 4 videos in the series.

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