The Grid. Proton Coliision Event with Boosters and LHC. Open Science Grid. International Science Grid This Week. GridPP - UK Computing for Particle Physics. Worldwide LHC Computing Grid. Perché senza Grid-Computing non si sarebbe trovata la nuova particella al CERN, Prof. G. Dissertori. Q&A: The Higgs boson. 4 July 2012Last updated at 04:16 ET Six theoreticians, including the English physicist Peter Higgs, first proposed the Higgs mechanism in 1964 Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered a new sub-atomic particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson. The particle's confirmation would stand out as one of the great scientific achievements of the 21st Century so far. But what exactly is the Higgs boson, and why have particle physicists spent more than 40 years searching for it?
The Higgs so far definitively exists only in the minds of theoretical physicists. Best explanation of Higgs boson? Scientists' best theory for why different things have mass is the "Higgs field" - where mass can be seen as a measure of the resistance to movement. A well-known scientist walks into the room and causes a bit of a stir - attracting admirers with each step and interacting strongly with them - signing autographs and stopping to chat.
LHCb The Standard Model and the Higgs boson. The Higgs Boson Explained. Taking a closer look at LHC - PHYSICS AT LHC. Physics teachers in secondary schools usually mention the LHC or CERN only because of the enormous size of the accelerators and detectors used there, the number of scientists involved in their activities and also the necessary international scientific collaboration. Impressive pictures of the accelerators and detectors are also shown. This is correct but clearly incomplete since there are other didactic possibilities to explore while talking about one of the most important scientific institutions in the world. The aim of this Section is to introduce a few simple physical calculations about some phenomena that took place in the LHC .
They can be used in the classroom in order to stimulate the curiosity of students, to help them to understand those physical concepts, and as an example of the relationship between the ‘cold equations’ of physics on the blackboard and the exciting work in scientific research. Press Release - LHC Computing Grid Goes Online. The world's particle physics community today announced the launch of the first phase of the LHC computing Grid (LCG). The LCG is designed to handle the unprecedented quantities of data that will be produced by experiments at CERN1's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) from 2007 onwards. "The LCG will provide a vital test-bed for the new Grid computing technologies that are set to revolutionise the way scientists use the world's computing resources in areas ranging from fundamental research to medical diagnosis," said Les Robertson, CERN's LCG project manager. The computational requirements of the experiments that will operate at the LHC are enormous.
Some 12-14 petabytes of data will be generated each year, the equivalent of more than 20 million CDs. Analysing this data will require the equivalent of 70,000 of today's fastest PC computers. "We are very excited about the LCG launch. "We are very excited to be able to participate in such a revolutionary global collaboration," said Dr.
Contacts. LHC - What is the Grid? LHC Computing Grid Globe (Credit: CERN) The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the most powerful particle accelerator ever built. Based at the European particle physics laboratory CERN, near Geneva in Switzerland, it is the world’s largest laboratory and is dedicated to the pursuit of fundamental science. The LHC allows scientists to reproduce the conditions that existed within a billionth of a second after the Big Bang. This is the moment, around 14 billion years ago, when the Universe is believed to have started with an explosion of energy and matter. During this first moment of time the particles and forces that shaped our Universe came into existence. Scientists recreate these conditions by colliding beams of high-energy protons or ions at close to the speed of light.
On 4 July 2012 two of the experiments on the LHC, ATLAS and CMS, announced that they had detected a Higgs-like Boson. LHC - LHC 'Big Questions' LHC Computing Grid Globe (Credit: CERN) The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the most powerful particle accelerator ever built. Based at the European particle physics laboratory CERN, near Geneva in Switzerland, it is the world’s largest laboratory and is dedicated to the pursuit of fundamental science. The LHC allows scientists to reproduce the conditions that existed within a billionth of a second after the Big Bang. This is the moment, around 14 billion years ago, when the Universe is believed to have started with an explosion of energy and matter. During this first moment of time the particles and forces that shaped our Universe came into existence. Scientists recreate these conditions by colliding beams of high-energy protons or ions at close to the speed of light. This takes place inside the LHC’s 27km circular accelerator 100m below the ground.
On 4 July 2012 two of the experiments on the LHC, ATLAS and CMS, announced that they had detected a Higgs-like Boson. LHC - The Particle Detectives. LHC Computing Grid Globe (Credit: CERN) The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the most powerful particle accelerator ever built. Based at the European particle physics laboratory CERN, near Geneva in Switzerland, it is the world’s largest laboratory and is dedicated to the pursuit of fundamental science.
The LHC allows scientists to reproduce the conditions that existed within a billionth of a second after the Big Bang. This is the moment, around 14 billion years ago, when the Universe is believed to have started with an explosion of energy and matter. During this first moment of time the particles and forces that shaped our Universe came into existence. Scientists recreate these conditions by colliding beams of high-energy protons or ions at close to the speed of light. This takes place inside the LHC’s 27km circular accelerator 100m below the ground. On 4 July 2012 two of the experiments on the LHC, ATLAS and CMS, announced that they had detected a Higgs-like Boson. Learning with ATLAS @ CERN. Spotlight on CERN: the GRID computing. Brian Cox: CERN's supercollider | Talk Video. Search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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