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200 Indian scientists associated with Big Bang experiment
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 11 September 2008, 00:00 IST
New Delhi: As scientists at the CERN research center in Switzerland is all set to gain a better understanding of the birth and structure of the universe with the switching-on of the 27-km long Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator, there are scopes for Indians also to feel proud of. Around 200 Indians of the 2,000 scientists are engaged in this largest ever man made experiments in history, reported The Economic Times.
Amit Roy, Director of Delhi-based, Inter University Accelerator Centre, says, "About 200 scientists involved in the experiment are of Indian origin. India has been involved in supplying material to build the tunnel and several Indians have played a key role in the whole project."
The entire system comprising 1,232 cryo magnets, each weighing about 32 tonne, is sitting on precision motion positioning systems developed, among other places, at the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore by the Electronics of India.
Indian institutes like Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, RRCAT, Indore, Banaras Hindu University and varsities of Delhi, Jaipur, Punjab have contributed significantly to the experiment and will be involved in analyzing the collision debris.
The monetary contribution by India to this $10-billion massive science experiment being conducted by CERN, a French acronym for the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is $25 million. The prominent Indians who are part of the project include Atul Gurtu of TIFR, an expert on particle colliders, Vikas Sinha of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, who created a chip to process signals and Vinod Chauhan (employed by CERN) lead the group which tested the magnets.
