ATLAS by the numbers
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| PEOPLE | |
| 2100 | scientists |
| 37 | countries |
| 167 | universities and labs |
| SIZE | |
| 100 | 747 jets (empty) is weight of ATLAS Detector |
| 0.5 | ATLAS is half the size of Notre Dame Cathedral |
| 122 | kilometers of superconducting wire in magnets |
| 3000 | kilometers of ordinary cable in ATLAS |
| PRECISION MEASUREMENT |
|
| 0.001 | centimeters (0.0004 inches) |
| DATA RECORDED | |
| 3200 | terabytes equivalent to: |
| 7 | kilometers of CDROMs stacked on top |
| 100 | million electronic channels |
| LHC PROTONS | |
| 99.9999991 | per cent of the speed of light |
| 11000 | times per second circling the 27 km ring |
| LHC ENERGY | |
| 7 | times the energy of any previous accelerator |
| LHC TEMPERATURE EQUIVALENT |
|
| 1 | billionth of second after Big Bang |
| 100000 | times temperature of sun |




