Physics results from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Authors

Albert De Roeck European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

Abstract

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has produced proton-proton collisions at a centre of mass energy of 8 Tera-Electron Volt (TeV). These are the most energetic collisions ever produced in the laboratory. The Large Hadron Collider is a circular atom smashers of 27 kilometres of length located 100 m underground at the CERN laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland. The results of the 2010-2012 data taking run have led to the much acclaimed discovery of the Higgs boson, a very new kind of fundamental particle that helps to explain why the Universe is like we observe it. This lecture will give an overview of the LHC project, and its experiments, and the most recent results obtained on the Higgs boson, and on the searches for new physics such as supersymmetry and extra dimensions. Especially the Higgs boson discovery will be discussed in detail. At the end, an overview of the science program of the LHC for the next few years will be presented.

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Issue

2014: Proceedings of the 32nd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP2014-5A-01

Section

Invited Presentations

Published

2014-10-17

How to Cite

[1]

A De Roeck, Physics results from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 32, SPP2014-5A-01 (2014). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/1775.