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CERN's Detector Graveyard | What the Physics

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Channel: Martin Archer · 2018 · Science & Technology

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What happens to old particle physics experiments once they no longer serve a purpose? They end up at the, affectionately titled, Detector Graveyard at CERN. Come take a look at particle and nuclear physics history!


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Links for more information

CERN History
https://timeline.web.cern.ch/timelines/The-history-of-CERN

Large Electron–Positron Collider (LEP)
https://home.cern/about/accelerators/large-electron-positron-collider
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Electron%E2%80%93Positron_Collider

Gargamelle
https://home.cern/about/experiments/gargamelle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargamelle

Big European Bubble Chamber
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_European_Bubble_Chamber

Underground Area 1 (UA1)
https://home.cern/about/experiments/ua1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UA1_experiment

Synchrocyclotron
https://home.cern/about/accelerators/synchrocyclotron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchro-Cyclotron_(CERN)

Radiofrequency Cavities
https://home.cern/about/engineering/radiofrequency-cavities

Bubble Chambers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_chamber

Wire Chambers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_chamber

Cyclotron Accelerators
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclotron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchrocyclotron


Thanks to Dr Ulla Blumenschein and Dr Eram Rizvi of QMUL along with the Outreach team at ATLAS for help making this video possible
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