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Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

By Andy Smith March 29, 2010, 11:06 PM PDT

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Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Scientists celebrate after successfully smashing protons operating at 3.5 trillion electron volts (TeV) into each other creating an energy level of 7 TeVs in the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva. It was the highest energy level reached yet reached by CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. For more, read Larry Dignan’s Smartplanet blog.

The purpose of the project is to to probe the nature of dark matter, antimatter, an elusive particle called the Higgs boson, and how they fit into the history of the universe.

The ultimate goal of the experiment is to crash protons with an energy level of 7 TeV each creating an energy level of 14 TeV.

Credit: Heinz Pernegger; Doris Burckhart

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

A poster for the event depicts the two proton beams set to collide.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Scientists monitoring the experiemnt.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Two beams.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Tense moments in the control room.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Watching the monitors.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Quite a few more monitors to watch.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Tracking the collision.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

The underground control room.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

The control room’s getting quite crowded.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Tracking the collisions at 7 TeV.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Monitoring the experiment closely.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

Status screen of the accelerator. Stabilizing the beams at 3.5 TeV.

Gallery: LHC’s biggest collision yet

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