Science Wonders

Quiz

Three quick checks

Put the accelerator chain in order, pick the right detector for heavy-ion collisions, then tune a gravitational-wave signal until it shows above the noise.

Collision samples

Event cards

  • High multiplicity184 tracks
  • Forward beauty tagLHCb-like
  • Muon pair plus missing energyClean channel

Compare mode

Tune signal clarity

The same simplified model used in the gravity lab is reduced to two controls here. Lower noise, raise sensitivity, and watch the visibility score respond.

Visibility score28/100Current stagenear mergerNext adjustmentStart by lowering noise.

Waveform samples

Signal cards

  • Binary black-hole chirplow noise
  • Neutron-star mergerlong sweep
  • Weak noisy signalmasked

Live mission board

0 / 3 checks locked
Beam order

Position 1 → Position 2 → Position 3 → Position 4 → Position 5

Detector selectionNo detector selected
Signal threshold28/100 visibility

Noise 75, sensitivity 45

Send the beam to the LHC in the right order

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Select each machine in accelerator order and check that the injector chain makes sense.

Current order: Position 1 → Position 2 → Position 3 → Position 4 → Position 5

Pick the best detector for heavy-ion collisions

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Choose which detector is most tuned for quark-gluon plasma and dense final states.

Heavy-ion collisions create dense particle sprays. Pick the detector designed to study that environment.

Tune the interferometer to reveal a chirp

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Increase sensitivity and reduce noise until the signal shows above the background.

Reveal the chirp clearly enough to reach a visibility score of at least 68.

Current visibility: 28/100. Modeled strain: 2.70e-22.

Mission log

What these checks test

The quiz checks whether the big ideas from the labs connect: acceleration prepares the event, detectors classify the aftermath, and signal processing decides what can be seen above noise.

Guided tour

Finish the learning loop

A four-step arc: follow the beam, see the aftermath, compare with spacetime signals, then test your intuition.

  1. 01 · Visited

    Follow the beam

    Start with the injector chain so the rest of the site follows a physical sequence.

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  2. 02 · Visited

    See the collision aftermath

    See which detectors catch which particles after a collision.

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  3. 03 · Visited

    Compare with spacetime signals

    Switch to gravitational waves: tune mass, distance, and noise to find the signal.

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  4. 04 · You are here

    Test your intuition

    Short quizzes on accelerator ordering, detector choice, and signal tuning.

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