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    HOW THE LHC WORKS

    Mar 17, 2022 3 minutes

    s huge as it is, the LHC subsystemscan’t function without the help of other machines around it. Before particles, which are usually protons but for some experiments are much heavier lead ions, are injected into it, they’re passed through a chain of smaller accelerators that progressively boost their speed. Smaller is just a relative term; the last step in the injector chain, the Super Proton Synchrotron, is almost 4.3 miles in circumference. The end result is two beams travelling in opposite directions around the LHC at virtually the

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