2010 is the pivotal year of nuclear research

2010 is considered by experts as a significant year for world nuclear physics.

This year, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), based in Geneva, Switzerland, has successfully implemented key experiments with the largest particle accelerator with the highest capacity world (LHC), which decodes the mysteries of the formation of the universe and matter.

The LHC came into operation for the first time in the fall of 2008, but it encountered major technical flaws that took researchers more than a year to repair. The LHC was finally re-activated in November 2009.

In March this year, CERN scientists first conducted successful experiments in the LHC on collisions between proton-producing super-energies. This event shook the world of science.

With the large particle accelerator up to 7 TeV (Teraelectron volts), CERN physicists have advanced to areas never explored. Compared with other particle accelerators that can compete with the LHC, only the Fermilab accelerator in Chicago, but it has only the highest capacity of 2TeV.

After experimenting with the Proton, CERN scientists conducted experiments on collisions between lead ions in the LHC located underground in a circular tunnel with a circumference of approximately 27 km between the border France and Switzerland. The goal of this experiment was to replicate the same material that had existed at the beginning of the universe.

In November 2010, CERN succeeded in creating the material of the early stages of cosmic creation. The collisions between lead ions produced temperatures as high as 100,000 compared to the temperature in the center of the Sun, melting the matter.

According to CERN, the data obtained after the success of the above experiment will be analyzed and this result may allow deciphering the mysteries of matter and space.

The LHC has suspended operation in the winter of 2010. After two months of rest, the legendary machine will operate again. In the coming years, the LHC will be step by step upgraded to a maximum capacity of 14 TeV