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SUMMARY:Particle Hunting at CERN - Dr Ben Allanach  DAMTP\, University of 
 Cambridge
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CONTACT:Kerstin Enright
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will introduce the largest and most complex dedic
 ated experiment on earth. The Large Hadron Collider at CERN (the European 
 centre for particle physics) is just starting up after 30 years of plannin
 g and construction. From the collisions of protons\, striking each other a
 t almost the speed of light\, weird\, hitherto undetected\, particles can 
 be produced. There are theoretical hopes that the Higgs particle\, dark ma
 tter particles and even (as an outside possibility) extra dimensions\, cou
 ld be detected by analysing the spray of particles coming from the collisi
 ons. This lecture will give a flavour of what these exotic particles do\, 
 and how they might be detected.
LOCATION:Centre for Mathematical Sciences\, Clarkson Road\, Cambridge
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