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UCSB Helps Make Scientific History

Written by Christina Heller

Story Created: Sep 10, 2008 at 10:45 PM PST

Story Updated: Sep 11, 2008 at 8:25 AM PST

UCSB helped scientists in what's being described as the biggest physics experiment in history. The experiment passed its first major tests Wednesday. The world's largest particle collider fired two beams of protons in opposite directions around a 17-mile ring buried under the border of Switzerland and France. The UCSB Particle Physics Program helped build part of the particle tracking system. Scientists hope to eventually recreate conditions that were in place a split second after the big bang, which is the massive explosion that they believe created the universe.
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