Particle collisions at the LHC

[Hioj]

Hello everyone,

Quick question: Which particles are colliding at the LHC and why?

All I know is that proton-proton collisions are explored as well as heavier nuclei such as gold (Au) and lead (Pb) to research the quark-gluon plasma state.

-Hioj

 

[bikashji]

Proton-Proton beam, sometimes heavy ion beam, in search for new physics... for example , to explain how particleacquired their mass, how can we unite all forces... how the universe was made and come to current stage...so many things

 

[Kevin_Axion]

Proton Bunches (Who's constituents are 2 up quarks and 1 down quark) and Lead Ions.

 

[kuon]

The biggest cross section in the LHC is for gluon-gluon fusion