Q. With reference to Large Hadron Collider(LHC), consider the following statements;
1.ATLAS is the largest general-purpose particle detector experiment at the LHC.
2.It is a 50-km-long track-loop located in the UK.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Statement 1 is correct: ATLAS is the largest general-purpose particle detector experiment at the LHC.
The Compact Muon Solenoid(CMS) experiment is one of the largest international scientific collaborations in history with the same goals as ATLAS but which uses a different magnet-system design.
Statement 2 is incorrect: It is a 27-km-long track-loop buried 100 meters underground on the Swiss-French border.
Source: Indian Express
