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    CERN Particle Collision Lab

    LHC Simulator

    Recreate high-energy proton-proton collisions and hunt for the Higgs boson.

    Collision Energy

    13 TeV

    Collisions

    0

    Collision Energy (TeV)13 TeV
    Luminosity (×10³⁴ cm⁻² s⁻¹)2.0

    Proton

    0

    Photon

    0

    Electron

    0

    Muon

    0

    Quark

    0

    Higgs Boson

    0

    Neutrino

    0

    Large Hadron Collider

    The world's largest particle accelerator at CERN, Geneva.

    Circumference27 km
    Max Energy14 TeV
    Collisions/sec~1 billion
    Higgs Discovery2012

    Higgs Probability

    Chance of Higgs boson production per collision

    1.86e-2%

    Higher energy + luminosity = better odds

    Particle Properties

    Proton938 MeV/c²
    Q=+1
    Photon0
    Q=0
    Electron0.511 MeV/c²
    Q=-1
    Muon105.7 MeV/c²
    Q=-1
    Quark~2-170 MeV/c²
    Q=±1/3, ±2/3
    Higgs Boson125 GeV/c²
    Q=0
    Neutrino<0.1 eV/c²
    Q=0