ATLAS: building a particle-physics experiment

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Take a tour through a truly historic building, which currently houses one of the major upgrade projects of the ATLAS collaboration: the New Small Wheels. Take a look at detector and prototype exhibits, witness the ongoing construction of the New Small Wheels, each nine meters in diameter, and learn about what it takes to build and run a particle-physics experiment the size of an apartment building.

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