What Does the Large Hadron Collider Have to Do with Cosmology

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Multiple Choice

What does the Large Hadron Collider have to do with cosmology?

• A)It is accelerating electrons so that they can travel across the universe.
• B)It is accelerating protons to energies like those in the very early universe.
• C)Its superconducting magnets are the same temperature as most of the universe.
• D)It will produce deuterium and helium by fusion, as in the very early universe.

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Sediment

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Base Level

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Reservoir

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