The Large Hadron Particle Collider

A technician works on a layer of the CMS. More than 2000 scientists, from 37 countries, are collaborating in the experiments related to the CMS detector.
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A technician works on a layer of the CMS. More than 2000 scientists, from 37 countries, are collaborating in the experiments related to the CMS detector.

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