German Colón
1036 Lederle Graduate Research Tower
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Email: gcolon@physics.umass.edu
Phone: (413) 545-1439
Our group is involved in the ATLAS experiment located at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics. At 46m long, 25m wide and 25m high, ATLAS is the largest volume detector ever constructed for particle physics. Among the questions ATLAS will focus on are why particles have mass, what the unknown 96% of the Universe is made of, and why Nature prefers matter to antimatter; i.e. it will explore the fundamental nature of matter and the basic forces that shape our universe.
For more pictures of the ATLAS detector and the experiment site click here
No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong. -Albert Einstein