The ATLAS Experiment is one of four major experiments on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Our goal is to understand the fundamental components of nature and the forces that govern their interactions. The accelerator and detectors are shut down for the next few years, in order to upgrade for Run 3, starting in 2021.
Here are some images I took recently while underground in the experimental cavern.
View of ventilation and service ducts in one of the access shafts.
View of the muon Spectrometer Big Wheels located below an access shaft.
Muon Drift Tubes on 26m diameter Big Wheel.
Close up of the tubes, which are aligned to sub-millimetre precision.
Services in the cavern.
More services.
Why do I take photographs every time I visit the detector? The 46m long and 26m tall device is arguably the most complex scientific instrument ever constructed. It was built and is operated by a collaboration of more than 5000 people from around the globe, some from countries that have been or are currently in conflict. From my point of view, it is beautiful in every aspect.
If you have any questions about any part of our work, from the physics, to the technology, to the efforts of international collaboration, just add it to the comments. I'll do what I can to answer them.
Welcome to Steem!
Can you elaborate more on the details of the experiment (probably in a new post)? What do you expect to find and what have you already found?
Don't forget to add steemstem tag.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Hi Jent, The ATLAS Experiment is one of four major experiments on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. We explore the basic building blocks of nature. There have been many discoveries and important measurements, since collisions started in 2010, most notably, that of the Higgs boson. That helped to complete the picture of how fundamental particles attain mass. #steemstem
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Ah, that's the one which found the Higgs boson. What were the other discoveries? And what are the other major experiments on the LHC? I still encourage you to write a new post on it, maybe describing your own attribution. Thank you!
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Hello @stevengoldfarb! This is a friendly reminder that you have 3000 Partiko Points unclaimed in your Partiko account!
Partiko is a fast and beautiful mobile app for Steem, and it’s the most popular Steem mobile app out there! Download Partiko using the link below and login using SteemConnect to claim your 3000 Partiko points! You can easily convert them into Steem token!
https://partiko.app/referral/partiko
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Congratulations @stevengoldfarb! You received a personal award!
You can view your badges on your Steem Board and compare to others on the Steem Ranking
Vote for @Steemitboard as a witness to get one more award and increased upvotes!
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit