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Compact Muon Solenoid

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment is one of two large general-purpose particle physics detectors built on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland and France. The goal of CMS experiment is to investigate a wide range of physics, including the search for the Higgs boson, extra dimensions, and particles that could make up dark matter. CMS is 25 metres long, 15 metres in diameter, and weighs about 12,500 tons.

Located at 46.3094, 6.07694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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ATLAS experiment

ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC Apparatus) is one of the seven particle detector experiments constructed at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland. The experiment is designed to take advantage of the unprecedented energy available at the LHC and observe phenomena that involve highly massive particles which were not observable using earlier lower-energy accelerators.

Located at 46.2356, 6.05528 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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TOTEM

A totem is a being, object, or symbol representing an animal or plant that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, group, lineage, or tribe, reminding them of their ancestry (or mythic past). In kinship and descent, if the apical ancestor of a clan is nonhuman, it is called a totem. Normally this belief is accompanied by a totemic myth. They have been around for many years.

Located at 46.3097, 6.07639 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Arrondissement of Gex

The arrondissement of Gex is an arrondissement of France in the Ain department in the Rhône-Alpes region. It has three cantons and 29 communes.

Located at 46.3167, 6.06667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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LHCf

The LHCf ("Large Hadron Collider forward") is a special-purpose Large Hadron Collider experiment for astroparticle physics, and one of seven detectors in the LHC accelerator at CERN. The other six are: ATLAS, ALICE, CMS, MoEDAL, TOTEM, and LHCb. LHCf is designed to study the particles generated in the "forward" region of collisions, those almost directly in line with the colliding proton beams. It therefore consists of two detectors, 140 m on either side of the interaction point.

Located at 46.2358, 6.055 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Rugby Club CERN

Rugby Club CERN - Meyrin - St Genis (RC CMSG) are a semi-professional Swiss rugby union club situated on the French–Swiss border, 5 kilometres northwest of Geneva. The club plays in the Swiss first division where it is one of the most successful teams in the league's history, behind Hermance RRC.

Located at 46.2393, 6.0371 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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MoEDAL experiment

The Monopole and Exotics Detector At the LHC (MoEDAL) is an international research collaboration whose spokesperson is the University of Alberta’s James Pinfold. MoEDAL is the seventh experiment at the LHC; it was approved and sanctioned by the CERN research board on May 2010, and started its first test deployment in January 2011.

Located at 46.2358, 6.05509 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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