Physics at the Large Hadron Collider

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Datta, Amitava (Editor), Mukhopadhyaya, Biswarup (Editor), Raychaudhuri, Amitava (Editor), Gupta, Alok K. (Editor), Khetrapal, C. L. (Editor), Padmanabhan, T. (Editor), Vijayan, M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India, 2009.
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Astrophysics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Particle acceleration.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

In an epoch when particle physics is awaiting a major step forward, the Large Hydron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva will soon be operational. It will collide a beam of high energy protons with another similar beam circulation in the same 27 km tunnel but in the opposite direction, resulting in the p...