FP420 experiment
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The FP420 R&D project or the FP420 experiment was an international collaboration with members from 29 institutes from 10 countries. The aim was to assess the feasibility of installing proton tagging detectors at 420 m from the interaction points of the ATLAS
and CMS
experiments at the Large Hadron Collider
(LHC). One notable member of the team was Brian Cox
, who has been involved with BBC
in the production of television science documentaries including Horizon, Wonders of the Solar System in 2010 and Wonders of the Universe in 2011.
By detecting proton
s that have lost less than 1% of their longitudinal momentum
, it is possible to obtain information that could yield insight on various phenomena of high-energy physics. These measurements would be unique at the LHC, and would be difficult to obtain at both existing and future linear colliders
.
ATLAS experiment
ATLAS is one of the six particle detector experiments constructed at the Large Hadron Collider , a new particle accelerator at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland...
and CMS
Compact Muon Solenoid
The Compact Muon Solenoid experiment is one of two large general-purpose particle physics detectors built on the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland and France. Approximately 3,600 people from 183 scientific institutes, representing 38 countries form the CMS collaboration...
experiments at the Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature....
(LHC). One notable member of the team was Brian Cox
Brian Cox (physicist)
Brian Edward Cox, OBE , is a British particle physicist, a Royal Society University Research Fellow and a professor at the University of Manchester. He is a member of the High Energy Physics group at the University of Manchester, and works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at...
, who has been involved with BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
in the production of television science documentaries including Horizon, Wonders of the Solar System in 2010 and Wonders of the Universe in 2011.
By detecting proton
Proton
The proton is a subatomic particle with the symbol or and a positive electric charge of 1 elementary charge. One or more protons are present in the nucleus of each atom, along with neutrons. The number of protons in each atom is its atomic number....
s that have lost less than 1% of their longitudinal momentum
Momentum
In classical mechanics, linear momentum or translational momentum is the product of the mass and velocity of an object...
, it is possible to obtain information that could yield insight on various phenomena of high-energy physics. These measurements would be unique at the LHC, and would be difficult to obtain at both existing and future linear colliders
Linear particle accelerator
A linear particle accelerator is a type of particle accelerator that greatly increases the velocity of charged subatomic particles or ions by subjecting the charged particles to a series of oscillating electric potentials along a linear beamline; this method of particle acceleration was invented...
.