Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Dianna from Physics Girl visited CERN in Geneva Switzerland to find out what the detectors at the LHC are looking for, and dive into the fundamental question: what are particles?

If you liked this video check out these:
Cern Part 1
youtube.com/watch?v=PCuyCJocJWg
Cern Part 2
youtube.com/watch?v=c6Eq2sI1NDY

Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern
Videographer/Editor: Levi Butner
Research: Sophia Chen

Thanks to Andrés, Imogen, Sarah, Loic, and CERN!

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Quantum Field Animation:
http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/theory/staff/leinweber/VisualQCD/Nobel/

More Sources:
https://home.cern/science/experiments
physicsworld.com/a/this-is-how-cerns-large-hadron-collider-looks-during-the-2019-shutdown
CERN 2018 highlights:
youtube.com/watch?v=sN42Egfn2JQ
symmetrymagazine.org/article/whats-really-happening-during-an-lhc-collision