
hadron - CERN
Feb 20, 2025 · hadron A hadron is a subatomic particle that contains quarks, antiquarks, and gluons, and so experiences the strong force. (See also Particles.)
Accelerators - CERN
The Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful accelerator in the world. It boosts particles, such as protons, which form all the matter we know. Accelerated to a speed close to that of light, they collide …
From partons to hadrons - CERN
Oct 9, 2023 · They were able to follow the parton-to-hadron evolution from the parton shower stage, when the quarks and gluons are deconfined, to the hadronic phase, when the partons are confined …
59 new hadrons and counting - CERN
Mar 3, 2021 · The first hadron discovered at the LHC, χb (3P), was discovered by ATLAS, and the most recent ones include a new excited beauty strange baryon observed by CMS and four tetraquarks …
The Large Hadron Collider | CERN
Nov 28, 2010 · The Large Hadron Collider The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with …
A bestiary of exotic hadrons - CERN
Feb 20, 2025 · The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has discovered 76 new particles so far. In addition to discovering the unique Higgs boson, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator has …
Facts and figures about the LHC - CERN
Facts and figures about the LHC Why is it called the “Large Hadron Collider”? "Large" refers to its size, approximately 27km in circumference "Hadron" because it accelerates protons or ions, which belong …
ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC - CERN
May 8, 2025 · In a paper published in Physical Review Journals, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of lead into gold in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider …
Recreating Big Bang matter on Earth - CERN
Nov 13, 2020 · The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN usually collides protons together. It is these proton–proton collisions that led to the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012. But the world’s biggest …
LHC - CERN
Jan 28, 2026 · LHC 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 …