Websites

This page lists a selection of websites containing valuable information about particle physics and the Large Hadron Collider.

Colliding Particles (link opens in a new window)
A series of films following just one of the teams of physicists involved in the research at the LHC. This series provides an insight into the research process and their particular research fields.

Science Museum interactive game (link opens in a new window)
A simple game that illustrates how scientists go about their search for new particles.

CERN's 'Angels and Demons' site (link opens in a new window)
The launch of the film 'Angels and Demons' provided an opportunity to look at the myth versus the reality of the science at CERN. To help with this CERN produced this site, containing teacher resources, slide shows and videos of talks given to teachers visiting CERN.

Lancaster Particle Physics (link opens in a new window)
This site gives access to a number of simulations and explanations of particle physics, including a section on the LHC. The content is suitable for AS/A2 16+ students.

GriddPP (link opens in a new window)
The Grid is the next step in exploiting networked computer power. Currently the Internet and World Wide Web allow us to share information and transfer data quickly and easily around the world. In the future the Grid will let us share computer processing power, software packages and data storage space.

Webcams on the LHC at CERN

• CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) webcam (link opens in a new window)
  View images from 8 CMS detector webcams (link opens in a new window) that are located in the underground cavern at CERN where the detector is being built. The images are on the CERN website and from it you can follow links that show you where in the cavern the cameras are located and take you a page of animations and movies that show how the CMS detector was put together.
  
  
• ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC Apparatus) webcam (link opens in a new window)
  View images from the ATLAS detector webcams (link opens in a new window) that are located in the ATLAS detector cavern at CERN. The images on this CERN webpage are refreshed every 30 minutes, but there are also links to older photographs taken as the ATLAS detector was put together.