Release: "Big Bang Machine" Milestone Brings Universe's Secrets One Step Closer for University of Regina Scientist

Abstract

The quest to understand the mysteries of the universe took another step forward today as the final pieces of the so-called “Big Bang Machine” were lowered into place at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. With the installation of two 100-tonne “small wheels” that are the last components of the muon spectrometer, the ATLAS detector is now virtually complete – much to the excitement of a University of Regina scientist who has been involved with the project for the better part of a decade.