The largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world. Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is also known as the largest machine in the world. The accelerator, which was built over a period of 20 years with the participation of 10 thousand scientists from more than 100 countries, to study matter at extreme temperatures and density; It extends 175 meters underground, through a 27 kilometer tunnel.

Now out of the Large Hadron Collider’s three-year slumber ‘wake up’ has been reported. The giant machine is preparing to collide atoms even harder than before, why the universe exists It is said to shed light on the mystery.

Collider starts new experiments in June

After three years of scheduled maintenance, updates and pandemic-induced delays, the Large Hadron Collider is gearing up for its third and strongest experimental period to date. If all initial tests and checks starting this month are positive, the experts will confirm the experiments are complete. June- and that the machine will start up gradually until the end of July. at full power registers that it will arrive.

At the end of this new experimental period, the accelerator neutrino It could reveal other long-sought versions of ghostly particles called ghosts that exert gravity but don’t interact with light. forming dark matter It is claimed to be able to detect extremely hard-to-understand particles and even help explain why the universe exists.

Stephane Fartoukh, a physicist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), who heads the LHC, said in a statement on the topic.“The completion of Long Shutdown 2, originally planned for two years but extended for another year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is required to run a complex machine that is 17 miles long. numerous maintenance work, both preventive and corrective given the opportunity to participate. † saves as.

Since its construction was completed in 2008, the LHC has collided atoms with incredible speed and force to find the fundamental forces and particles that rule the universe, resulting in the last missing piece in the Standard Model. Higgs boson He was instrumental in the discovery of many new particles such as: In the coming third period of work, the accelerator’s enhanced capabilities will enable the Standard Model, including the Higgs boson, to to investigate the properties of particles and the search for evidence of dark matter will be concentrated.

Some of the greatest puzzles in physics can be solved

Among other tasks, the ATLAS experiment, the largest particle detector at the LHC, will also try to answer important questions about neutrinos that have puzzled scientists for decades. However, with the forthcoming LHC study Scattering and Neutrino Detector (SND) and Forward search experiment (FASER) two new experiments will also be performed. In this regard, Fartoukh “These two experiments are very important in physics, such as the nature of dark matter, the origin of neutrino masses and the imbalance between matter and antimatter in the current universe. one of the greatest puzzles try to solve some of them.” expressions used.

Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez, a CERN physicist, education and outreach coordinator for ATLAS Collaboration and associate professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, said the new research has many surprises and is very excited about the potential to gain new data. “LHC per second 1.7 billion collisions produces. It’s impossible to keep all this data, so we need to have a strategy for selecting events that we think will be of interest.” says and “For this, we use certain pieces of our hardware that signal when something looks interesting.” he adds.

the third run by the end of 2025 is scheduled to last. On the other hand, it is stated that scientists are beginning to discuss the next round of upgrades for the LHC’s High Brightness phase, which will be implemented after the 3rd run, which will further increase the number of simultaneous collisions and energies and the sensitivities of instruments. improve .