RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
May 30, 2015 at 2:01 pm
(This post was last modified: May 30, 2015 at 2:11 pm by Alex K.)
The CMS detector, opened.
![[Image: CC204_05_13.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=images.iop.org%2Fobjects%2Fccr%2Fcern%2F53%2F5%2F19%2FCC204_05_13.jpg)
It weighs as much as the Eiffel tower.
This is a schematic cut through CMS, and where it detects different types of particles
![[Image: CMS_Slice.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=upload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F4%2F48%2FCMS_Slice.png)
And this is what the reconstruction of an actual collision event it it looks like
![[Image: CC204_05_13.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=images.iop.org%2Fobjects%2Fccr%2Fcern%2F53%2F5%2F19%2FCC204_05_13.jpg)
It weighs as much as the Eiffel tower.
This is a schematic cut through CMS, and where it detects different types of particles
![[Image: CMS_Slice.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=upload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F4%2F48%2FCMS_Slice.png)
And this is what the reconstruction of an actual collision event it it looks like
![[Image: CMS%20event%20display%20demo.gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-LzL-iesav58%2FUrrgojm_4iI%2FAAAAAAAAIyk%2F5Qrc_QaqdxI%2Fs1600%2FCMS%2520event%2520display%2520demo.gif)
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition