Images: Restarting the Large Hadron Collider
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ALICE
ALICE
On November 30, 2009, CERN restarted the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This gallery offers a look at five of the LHC’s six experiments: ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, and TOTEM.
Here’s a rendering of the ALICE detector.
Size: 26 m long, 16 m high, 16 m wide
Weight: 10 000 tonnes
Design: central barrel plus single arm forward muon spectrometer
Location: St Genis-Pouilly, France.
Image credit: CERN
For more information, read my Geekend post about the LHC.
Inside the ALICE experiment
Inside the ALICE experiment
This is what the ALICE experiment looks like from the inside.
Image credit: CERN
For more information, read my Geekend post about the LHC.
Inside ATLAS
Inside ATLAS
A view of the inside of the ATLAS detector.
Image credit: CERN
For more information, read my Geekend post about the LHC.
Inside CMS
Inside CMS
This is a view of CMS just before it was sealed.
Image credit: CERN
For more information, read my Geekend post about the LHC.
LHCb
LHCb
A rendering of the LHCb detector.
Size: 21m long, 10m high and 13m wide
Weight: 5600 tonnes
Design: forward spectrometer with planar detectors
Location: Ferney-Voltaire, France.
Image credit: CERN
For more information, read my Geekend post about the LHC.
Inside LHCb
Inside LHCb
The leading members of the LHCb pose for a photo.
Image credit: CERN
For more information, read my Geekend post about the LHC.
TOTEM
TOTEM
The TOTEM detector.
Size: 440 m long, 5 m high and 5 m wide
Weight: 20 tonnes
Design: Roman pot and GEM detectors and cathode strip chambers
Location: Cessy, France (near CMS)
Image credit: CERN
For more information, read my Geekend post about the LHC.
Inside TOTEM
Inside TOTEM
Another view of TOTEM from the side.
Image credit: CERN
For more information, read my Geekend post about the LHC.
The LHC Tunnel
The LHC Tunnel
Due to the 27km length of the tunnel, technicians must use various methods of accelerated travel.
Image credit: CERN
For more information, read my Geekend post about the LHC.
