ATLAS Detector (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

ATLAS Detector

Caption

ATLAS’s wheel-like end-cap reveals the maze of sensors primed to catch proton smash-ups at the LHC. Researchers comb through billions of events in search of fleeting “ghost” tracks that might expose cracks in string theory.

Credit

CERN

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