Ideas and demonstrations illustrating LHC-related science

The links on this page are to documents and web pages with facts about the LHC and ideas for, and descriptions of, activities and demonstrations that illustrate LHC-related physics.

Please email us with any ideas and links you may have.

Demonstrations and activities

A fun demonstration of electrons, quarks and the EM, strong and weak forces (PDF - 55Kb - opens in a new window)
Supplied by Helen Heath, Bristol University.
A simple demonstration of why small probes are needed to resolve small scale structures (PDF - 35Kb - opens in a new window)
Supplied by Helen Heath, Bristol University.
This is both a demonstration of electromagnetic induction and an analogy for the Higg's field (PDF - 37Kb - opens in a new window)
Supplied by Helen Heath, Bristol University.

Useful facts

CERN's LHC Guide FAQs (link opens in a new window) document is available.

CERN's response (link opens in a new window) to Dan Brown's Angels and Demons is available.


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