Science Wonders

Detector Lab

Nine detectors
built for different signals.

When two proton bunches cross, particles spray in all directions. Each detector catches a different slice of the debris, from broad coverage to narrow forward angles.

Collision sorting table

Filter by the signal the detector was built to catch.

The filters are not decorative. They narrow the real detector records by mission, then the readout shows which layer vocabulary remains in view.

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General-purpose physics atlas across many final states.

Signature
Large-radius tracks, jets, missing energy, leptons

TrackerElectromagnetic calorimeterHadronic calorimeterMuon systemTriggerSilicon trackerECALHCALSolenoid
Inspect ATLAS
ATLASVery large general-purpose detector with broad collision coverage.→CMSCompact and dense general-purpose detector optimized for precision and compact integration.→ALICEDetector optimized for heavy-ion collisions and quark-gluon plasma studies.→LHCbForward detector tailored for beauty quark physics and asymmetry studies.→TOTEMForward physics detector with proton structure and scattering focus.→LHCfForward cosmic-ray-inspired detector near the beam line.→MoEDAL-MAPPSearch platform for magnetic monopoles and other highly ionizing exotic signatures.→FASERSmall forward detector for light, weakly interacting particle searches.→SND@LHCOff-axis forward detector built to study high-energy neutrino interactions at the LHC.→

Why layered?

No single layer sees everything.

Inner silicon trackers read the curving trajectories of charged particles. Electromagnetic calorimeters catch electrons and photons. Hadronic calorimeters absorb the heavier showers. Only muons, which punch through everything, reach the outer chambers.

Each detector page opens a simplified cutaway and lets you toggle tracks and calorimeter deposits on and off.