![Large Hadron Collider or LHC Image source: California State University at Fullerton Large Hadron Collider or LHC Image source: California State University at Fullerton](http://www.timeone.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Large-Hadron-Collider-e1403816040937.jpg)
Classification: machine
Chapter: Relatively Speaking
The LHC or Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest particle accelerator (and indeed its largest machine). More than 10,000 physicists are engaged in building and operating the LHC and analyzing data it produces.