Smashing Atoms: Understanding The Strong Force

How is an atom held together? What are the smallest building blocks of nature? What is nature's most extreme fluid? We will discuss how the strongest force in nature, the strong nuclear force, holds together everyday matter and what happens when we take it to its extremes. We will demonstrate how we use high-energy particle colliders as a microscope to explore this force that glues together the nucleus of atoms that we can not see.

In a world where tiny particles go wild, high-energy particle detectors are the superhero squad armed with capes made of cutting-edge technology and goggles that can spot a particle in a haystack. These detectors are like cosmic paparazzi, snapping pics of particles doing the Cha-Cha through space-time. With their trusty sidekick, the Accelerator, they chase down particles faster than a caffeine-fueled cheetah on roller skates. So, buckle up and join the wildest ride in the universe – where every collision tells a story and every detector is a diva with a cosmic flair!