Experiments

A range of experiments at CERN investigate physics from cosmic rays to supersymmetry

(you can check other experiments worldwide into the map)

Why to mention this? to remember that we have a very large community around us waiting to share their data and experiences!)

AEGIS

AEGIS uses a beam of antiprotons from the Antiproton Decelerator to measure the value of Earth's gravitational acceleration

ALICE

ALICE detects quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter thought to have formed just after the big bang

ALPHA

ALPHA makes, captures and studies atoms of antihydrogen and compares them with hydrogen atoms

AMS

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer looks for dark matter, antimatter and missing matter from a module on the International Space Station

ASACUSA

ASACUSA compares matter and antimatter using atoms of antiprotonic helium and antihydrogen, and studies the properties of matter-antimatter collisions

ATLAS

From a cavern 100 metres below a small Swiss village, the 7000-tonne ATLAS detector is probing for fundamental particles

ATRAP

ATRAP compares hydrogen atoms with their antimatter equivalents - antihydrogen atoms

AWAKE

AWAKE explores the use of plasma to accelerate particles to high energies over short distances

CAST

Hypothetical particles called axions could explain differences between matter and antimatter - and we may find them at the centre of the Sun

CLOUD

Could there be a link between galactic cosmic rays and cloud formation? An experiment at CERN is using the cleanest box in the world to find out

CMS

The CMS detector uses a huge solenoid magnet to bend the paths of particles from collisions in the LHC

COMPASS

COMPASS investigates how quarks and gluons interact to give the particles we observe

DIRAC

A collaboration of CERN physicists are studying the decay of unstable “pionium atoms” to gain insight into the strong force

ISOLDE

ISOLDE studies the properties of atomic nuclei, with further applications in fundamental studies, astrophysics, material and life sciences

LHCb

The LHCb experiment will shed light on why we live in a universe that appears to be composed almost entirely of matter, but no antimatter

LHCf

The LHCf experiment uses particles thrown forward by LHC collisions to simulate cosmic rays

NA62

Rare kaon decays can give insights into how top quarks decay – and help to check the consistency of the Standard Model

nTOF

The neutron time-of-flight facility (nTOF) studies neutron-nucleus interactions for neutron energies ranging from a few meV to several GeV

TOTEM

The 'Total, elastic and diffractive cross-section measurement' experiment studies particles thrust forward by collisions in the LHC

UA9

The UA9 experiment is investigating how crystals could help to steer particle beams in high-energy colliders