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LHC Milestones

LHC Milestones

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year 1996

1996

FEBRUARY

ATLAS ATLAS Scale model 1:1 of a part of the CMS detector

Four years after the first technical proposals, the experiments CMS and ATLAS are officially approved.

Both experiments aim to discover the Higgs boson, which would explain how particles get their mass, and probe the mysterious missing mass and dark energy of the Universe.

MARCH

India makes a financial contribution to the construction of the LHC.

And in June, Russia announces a financial contribution to the project.

DECEMBER

Canada announces a financial contribution for the LHC, while a protocol of co-operation is defined for participation of the United States.

Thanks to the contribution of non-Member States of CERN, the Council decides to construct the LHC in only one stage.

 

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