E = mc² In seinem grundlegenden Artikel „Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig?“ Im Jahr 1905 bestätigte Albert Einstein die Gleichwertigkeit von Masse und Energie. Entsprechend diesem Grundsatz leuchtet die Sonne, indem sie Wasserstoff durch Kernfusion in […]
Energy and fields BASED ON OUR CURRENT KNOWLEDGE, THE UNIVERSE IS COMPOSED OF ENERGY FIELDS SUCH AS THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD, THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD AND THE BROUT-ENGLERT-HIGGS FIELD. They interact through the exchanges of energy that we detect in the form […]
A neighbour like no other IT IS RARE TO HAVE A LARGE CIRCULAR COLLIDER AS A NEIGHBOUR. In addition to the development of human capital, the region derives many economic and industrial advantages from CERN’s presence. In many Member States, […]
Continuing the journey of exploration THE DISCOVERY OF THE HIGGS BOSON AT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER (LHC) COMPLETED THE THEORY KNOWN AS THE STANDARD MODEL OF PARTICLE PHYSICS, WHICH DESCRIBES ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND THEIR INTERACTIONS The Standard Model, however, only […]
Where is the antimatter? CERN PRODUCES THE RAREST SUBSTANCE IN THE WORLD: ANTIMATTER In the earliest moments of the Universe, matter and antimatter were created in equal amounts. But, in the observable Universe we only find matter. What happened to […]
What is the Higgs Boson? THE HIGGS BOSON IS A PARTICLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BROUT-ENGLERT-HIGGS FIELD The fundamental particles, such as electrons and quarks, which make up protons and neutrons, interact with this energy field that is present throughout the […]
Opening a new chapter IN 2012, CERN WAS THE SITE OF ONE OF THE GREATEST DISCOVERIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY, THAT OF THE HIGGS BOSON This particle was the last missing element of the Standard Model theory, which describes the […]
Accelerators for safety and security PARTICLE ACCELERATORS REQUIRE LARGE NUMBERS OF COMPONENTS THAT MUST BE BOTH POWERFUL AND INEXPENSIVE. Collaboration between industry and research institutes offers several advantages. Today, certain technologies developed for particle physics are used in ports and […]
Physics for health PARTICLE ACCELERATORS CAN ALSO BE USED IN THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCEROUS TUMOURS. The particles release their energy in the affected tissues and thus kill the harmful cells. Particle beams can be controlled with a precision of […]
The whole world at your fingertips THE SECRET OF CERN’S SUCCESS IS THAT CERN HAS NO SECRETS. Scientific results and project information are openly available worldwide through the web. The development of information systems on the Internet has paved the […]
