• Question: What would happen if you put your hand in the beam of the LHC while it was running?

    Asked by voyager1 to Ravi on 20 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Ravi Kopparapu

      Ravi Kopparapu answered on 20 Jun 2013:


      The LHC has VERY high energy particles moving near the speed of light. So if I put my hand, my hand will just blow away.

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