Portal:Physics/Selected picture/June 2010

Since the twentieth century, most individual physicists have specialized in either theoretical physics or experimental physics. The Large Haldron Collider is an example of the experimental physics specialization in action. However, theoretical physics can accurately predict expected results of a given experiment, in its appropriate environment.

A simulated event in the CMS detector, of the Large Hadron Collider, featuring the appearance of the Higgs boson

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