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The physics of the large hadron collider

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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, is the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. Its aim is to study the physics of elementary particles at the highest energies accessible to accelerators. It is believed that the Higgs boson (a last particle predicted by the Standard Model that is yet to be found) and the lightest particles of the Minimal Supersymmetric Model should be accessible at the LHC energies. These lectures give a short overview of the physics program and the technological challenges this collider faces.

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Original Russian Text © M. Jeitler, 2012, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2012.

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Jeitler, M. The physics of the large hadron collider. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 9, 666–677 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477112070187

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