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Large Hadron Collider, CERN

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An interactive exhibit on the world's largest and most powerful particle collider built by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) to help answer some fundamental open questions in physics is one of the key highlights of the show; one that also took the longest time to materialise considering the MoUs and permissions required.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), near Geneva, is where The Higgs boson was discovered in 2012 by the ATLAS and CMS Experiments. The collider's construction saw participation from scientists and scientific bodies around the world when it was built between 1998 and 2008. India, too, has played an important role here. "When particles collide at such high speed, it is the precision motion positioning system jacks built in India that maintain their alignment precisely," informs Dr Vikas Jain from Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, adding that it the superconducting magnets for the collider were built in India, too.

Laser Interferometer Gravitational - Wave Observatory

While gravitational waves were theoretically predited by Albert Einstein in 1916, it took another 100 years to detect the extremely weak waves. And it was Pune-born Pune-born Sanjeev Dhurandhar who was one of the 1,000 key scientists involved in detecting gravitational waves, even as the subject had become a part of his research way back in the 1980s.

Two Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatories, which use multi-kilometre-scale detectors to measure the minute ripples in space-time caused by passing gravitational waves from cataclysmic cosmic events, are located in the US. And fittingly enough, the third observatory is coming up in India, with Aundha in the Hingoli district in Maharashtra being the preferred site.

Thirty Meter Telescope

The top of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano in Hawaii, is the construction site of The Thirty Meter Telescope, a new class of extremely large telescopes that will enable scientists to see deeper into space and observe cosmic objects with unprecedented sensitivity. "Thirty meter refers to the diameter of the primary mirror of the telescope. To put things in perspective, the largest existing model's diameter is that of 10 metres," a volunteer explains us patiently, as we try to recall science lessons from school.

"The mirror is made of 492 smaller mirrors, of which 84 have been made in India. You also need actuators to tilt, tip and twist the mirrors, another project being accomplished here," he adds.

International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

Road, 23-year-old singer-songwriter Kavish Seth strums a guitar and rehearses the lines of an original composition, Farzi Marzi. They go, 'Farzi marzi hai yeh kaisi farzi marzi, pareshaan ho gaya hoon main khabar bhi tujhe nahi…' On cue, Roshan Worlikar blows on a trumpet while Slyvester Koli plays the saxophone. For Hindi Bolein, another original composition by Seth, Vrushab Koli and Prasad Warage join in on the keyboard and dholak respectively. The festival will also witness a 12-song set by a team of Hip-Hop artistes, who are part of the Swadesi Crew, known for performing 'Conjarati and Shreeji Nair (a.k.a Mayavi) who raps in Malayalam. "Mumbai Crew five years back,
Road, 23-year-old singer-songwriter Kavish Seth strums a guitar and rehearses the lines of an original composition, Farzi Marzi. They go, 'Farzi marzi hai yeh kaisi farzi marzi, pareshaan ho gaya hoon main khabar bhi tujhe nahi…' On cue

The Indian at CERN

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TILL July 7, 10 am to 6 pm
AT Nehru Science Centre, Worli

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