Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Collisions at the LHC

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Data visualization from the ATLAS experiment at LHC, March 30 2010. CERN image.

This week, the first high-energy particle collisions took place at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, with two beams smashing into each other with an energy of 7 trillion electron volts. Happily, the fears of some critics of the work, involving the possible creation of planet-destroying black holes, appear to have been unfounded. We'll talk about the 'First Physics' from the massive experiment and what lies ahead.

Guests

Howard Gordon
Deputy Operations Program Manager
U.S. ATLAS Operations
Senior Scientist, Brookhaven National Lab
Upton, New York

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Segment produced by:Annette Heist

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Image: Observers celebrate the LHC's 'First Physics' on March 30th.
CERN image.

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