The Large Hadron Collider Since the beginning of time, man has tried to discover what happened after The Big Bang and what was created as a result of it. This question lead to the invention of the particle accelerator in 1930 by John D. Cockcroft and Ernest Walton. A particle accelerator shoots 2 high energy particle beams around a circular track that collide when their paths intersect and creates atoms or matter. It was the beginning of a new era of physics, but it left people worried because no one knew what it is capable of. Overall the particle accelerator was a groundbreaking invention but many still don't know if it is a good or bad thing for the world. The Large Hadron Collider is the largest and most advanced particle accelerator and it lies on the France-Switzerland border. According to the scientists at Cern, “The Large Hadron Collider consists of a 27 kilometer ring of superconducting magnets with multiple of accelerating structures to boost energy.” This helps recreate the conditions seconds after The Big Bang and helps scientists discover new particles and furthers their knowledge of physics. …show more content…
According to Wired, “The most famous example of this is the Higgs Boson particle.” It was one of the first discoveries the Large Hadron Collider made. Another example of how The Large Hadron Collider has helped our understanding of the beginning of time is that the collider has given us the ability to see what the universe was like nearly a “billionth of a second after The Big Bang”. Some discoveries have also advanced technology. For Example, particles have been discovered that has bettered weaponry (made it more