Category: Cycle Route Platforms
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Precision
SCIENTIFIC GIANTS, DEVILISH PRECISION The huge research instruments at CERN need to achieve outstanding precision and also need experts who measure up to them. Contact Passeport.bigbang@cern.ch Location Precision Stage Meyrin | CH 46.234007°N, 6.07507°E Next platform ATLAS Stage Esplanade des Particules Meyrin | CH 46.233429°N, 6.054022°E Short location Meyrin (CH)
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LHCb
THE EXPLORERS OF ANTIMATTER Something unsuspected about physicists: they are obsessed with beauty. To explain more about the enigmas of antimatter, they are hunting for what we call beauty particles. Contact Passeport.bigbang@cern.ch Location LHCb Stage Ferney-Voltaire | FR 46.241406 °N, 6.096072 °E Next platform Precision Stage Meyrin | CH 46.234007°N, 6.07507°E Short location Ferney-Voltaire (FR)
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Cryogenics
CRYOGENICS: THE ICE GENIE Another amazing fact about the LHC? It’s also the biggest and most powerful freezer in the world. Contact Passeport.bigbang@cern.ch Location Cryogenics Stage Ornex | FR 46.265961°N, 6.114076°E Next platform LHCb Stage Ferney-Voltaire | FR 46.241406 °N, 6.096072 °E Short location Ornex (FR)
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Environment
10 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LHC A unique machine like the LHC inspires lots of questions. Separate the truth from all the rumours. Contact Passeport.bigbang@cern.ch Location Environment Stage Versonnex | FR 46.293093°N, 6.112523°E Next platform Cryogenics Stage Ornex | FR 46.265961°N, 6.114076°E Short location Versonnex (FR)
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CMS
CMS: THE HEAVYWEIGHT OF PHYSICS CMS: does it stand for Concentration of a Mass of Science? No, but it could do, as this experiment is looking for the Higgs boson, the particle which gives particles their mass. Contact Passeport.bigbang@cern.ch Location CMS Stage Cessy | FR 46.310654°N, 6.077566°E Next platform Environment Stage Versonnex | FR 46.293093°N,
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Acceleration
WHEN ENERGY CREATES MATTER WARNING: Change of path between ALICE and Acceleration Stages: take Route du Jura (D89A) between ALICE Stage and Sergy What passes under your feet over 11 000 times per second? The particles in the LHC! Contact Passeport.bigbang@cern.ch Location Acceleration Stage Échenevex | FR 46.304173°N, 6.037543°E Next platform CMS Stage Cessy |
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Neutrinos
THE JOURNEY OF THE PHANTOM PARTICLES The physicists working on the CNGS experiment managed to improve their understanding of the elusive and mysterious neutrinos. How? By shooting them off on a super-fast journey through the Alps. Contact Passeport.bigbang@cern.ch Location Neutrinos Stage Prévessin-Moëns | FR 46.249278°N, 6.067911°E Next platform ALICE Stage Sergy | FR 46.250912°N, 6.021482°E
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ALICE
IN ALICE’S WONDERLAND WARNING: Change of path between ALICE and Acceleration Stages: take Route du Jura (D89A) beetween ALICE Stage and Sergy Going underground and finding yourself at the very start of the history of our Universe… A dream? No. The daily life of physicists at the ALICE experiment. Contact Passeport.bigbang@cern.ch Location ALICE Stage Sergy
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CCC
AT THE CONTROLS OF THE ACCELERATORS At the CERN Control Centre, operators work 24 hours a day in shifts to control a network of particle accelerators like no other in the world. Contact Passeport.bigbang@cern.ch Location CCC Stage Prévessin-Moëns | FR 46.254716°N, 6.059168°E Next platform Neutrinos Stage Prévessin-Moëns | FR 46.249278°N, 6.067911°E Short location Prévessin-Moëns (FR)
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ATLAS
ATLAS, THE COLOSSUS OF PHYSICS What is our Universe really made of? What is dark matter? Do hidden dimensions exist? These are some of the questions that the physicists at ATLAS hope to answer with their enormous underground experiment. WARNING : The ATLAS platform is temporarily unavailable for maintenance. Contact Passeport.bigbang@cern.ch Location ATLAS Stage Esplanade