The Big Bang Machine

One week after the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) goes live, we will be joining experimental physicist Brian Cox and theoretical physicist Ben Allanach to find out what one of the world’s largest and most expensive experiments is hoping to achieve.

Scientists hope it will shed light on some of our universe’s biggest mysteries, such as whether there’s a Higgs boson, and what the unknown 95% of our universe is made of.

Quiz experts and get behind the scenes as we talk live to James Gillies in the LHC control room, via a video linkup.

Speakers

Brian Cox, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
Ben Allanach, Reader in Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
Christine Sutton, editor, CERN Courier magazine
Paul Collier, Head of Operations, CERN
Facilitator: Maggie Aderin, Director, Science Innovation Ltd

Event organised by:
The Science Museum

Image: CERN