National Instruments supports Large Hadron Collider Exhibition at London Science Museum
Open to the public from 13th November 2013, Collider provides a behind-the-scenes look at the famous CERN particle physics laboratory in the first exhibition of its kind, offering visitors the closest experience possible, short of visiting the famous site itself.
NI has long supported fundamental research in areas such as particle physics, fusion and astronomy by providing commercial off-the-shelf tools for measurement and control. CERN uses NI LabVIEW software to control the LHC collimators that are responsible for intercepting misguided or unstable particle beams.
“The LHC, the world’s greatest experiment, is the cumulative endeavour of around ten thousand men and women from across the globe,” said Ian Blatchford, Director of the Science Museum. “We are extremely pleased to have the support of NI to celebrate such an important human achievement.”
NI’s mission to equip scientists and engineers with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery extends into education. By bringing real-world experiences to education, NI aims to inspire students to pursue and succeed in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers.
“By sponsoring the Collider exhibition, NI is supporting its STEM educational initiatives, whilst also celebrating the incredible achievements and discoveries resulting from the Large Hadron Collider,” said Kyle Voosen, Marketing Director, National Instruments UK & Ireland.
Visitors to Collider follow the journey of particle beams as they are injected into the accelerator chain, ramped up to speed and steered around the 27 km tunnel. Visitors are immersed in the highlight of the exhibition—a wrap-around projection taking in both extremes of the scale of the LHC, from an enormous experiment cavern to the very heart of a particle collision.
In 2012, the Higgs boson particle, predicted in the 1960s by a group of physicists including recent Nobel laureates, Peter Higgs and Francois Englert, was finally discovered at the LHC.
For more on how LabVIEW software and PXI hardware control the world’s largest particle accelerator, go to: .
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