The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World (45 page)

Leon Lederman, standing outside Fermilab.

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Sau Lan Wu of the University of Wisconsin, who has been searching for the Higgs at both LEP and the LHC.

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Fabiola Gianotti, spokesperson for ATLAS in 2011 and 2012.

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Carlo Rubbia, discoverer of the W and Z bosons and advocate for the LHC.

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Lyn Evans, the man who built the LHC.

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An aerial view of CERN and the Large Hadron Collider, with major experiments marked. The actual ring is underground and not visible from above.

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The Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN, a striking building that serves as a symbol for the laboratory. The Globe houses public-information exhibitions about particle physics and CERN's mission.

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Inside the LHC tunnel, with dipole magnets installed and ready to go.

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Damage to LHC magnets after the September 19 accident.

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All the protons for the LHC beam come from this tiny canister of hydrogen. It contains enough protons to feed the LHC for a billion years.

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A model of the cross-section through the dipole magnets in the LHC. The two beam pipes carry protons moving in opposite directions.

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One of the “Ping-Pong balls” equipped with a radio transmitter that was sent down the beam pipe of the LHC to check for obstructions.

LYN EVANS