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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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

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