Pros And Cons Of The Large Hadron Collider

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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator made of superconducting magnets, built on September 10th, 2008. It can be found between the border of France and Switzerland, near Geneva, 100 meters underground. The Large Hadron Collider is a machine that was built with the ability to accelerate subatomic particles to very high speeds, which requires chilling the magnets to ‑271.3°C. This is done through the use of electric or electromagnetic fields, two hadrons are sent through the ring of the LHC in opposite directions, traveling close to the speed of light, and are urged to collide. While the LHC could very well explain questions many scientists have been asking for decades, it’s a debated topic, the risks and cost of the machine are often debated among citizens and scientists alike, but the expansion of knowledge we can receive from it are extensive. …show more content…
The council was founded in 1952 to create an organization for physics in Europe. There are currently 25 countries who have contributed to the creation and upkeep of the LHC, including: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Although, Israel, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Yugoslavia, the European Commission, and Unesco are not currently working on the project due to a suspension from CERN after a UN Embargo in

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