A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS
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A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS is one of the major particle detectors at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, designed to investigate fundamental particles and forces by analyzing high-energy proton collisions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-energy physics experiment
ⓘ
large hadron collider experiment ⓘ particle detector ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Standard Model
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Model of particle physics
|
| collaboratesWith |
ALICE experiment
ⓘ
CMS experiment ⓘ LHCb ⓘ
surface form:
LHCb experiment
|
| collaborationSize | thousands of scientists ⓘ |
| collidesBeamType |
lead-ion beams
ⓘ
proton beams ⓘ |
| contributedTo | discovery of the Higgs boson ⓘ |
| dataTakingStarted | 2009 ⓘ |
| designedTo |
analyze high-energy proton collisions
ⓘ
investigate fundamental forces ⓘ investigate fundamental particles ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | ATLAS ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
calorimeters
ⓘ
inner detector ⓘ muon spectrometer ⓘ superconducting magnets ⓘ trigger and data acquisition system ⓘ |
| hasGeometry | toroidal magnet system ⓘ |
| hasShape | cylindrical detector around collision point ⓘ |
| hasSubsystem |
air-core toroidal muon system
ⓘ
electromagnetic calorimeter ⓘ hadronic calorimeter ⓘ pixel detector ⓘ silicon microstrip tracker ⓘ Transition Radiation Detector ⓘ
surface form:
transition radiation tracker
|
| locatedAt |
CERN
ⓘ
Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Geneva metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Geneva region
|
| locatedOnBorderOf |
France
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| oneOf | four main LHC experiments ⓘ |
| operatedBy | CERN ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Higgs boson properties
ⓘ
electroweak interactions ⓘ precision Standard Model measurements ⓘ quantum chromodynamics ⓘ searches for dark matter candidates ⓘ searches for extra dimensions ⓘ searches for supersymmetry ⓘ top quark physics ⓘ |
| studiesProcess |
heavy-ion collisions
ⓘ
proton–proton collisions ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
liquid-argon calorimetry
ⓘ
scintillating tile calorimetry ⓘ silicon tracking detectors ⓘ superconducting magnet technology ⓘ |