Originally Posted by
CossieRich
Is there any links as to where i can read up on this? Be a nerd for a day

a brief overview of what it does
http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/LHC-en.html
bit more detail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider
quick description of an accellerator
http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/...erator-en.html
more deatil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_accelerator
hope that helps