We delivered the first LHC (Large Hadron Collider) CFC collimator parts to CERN in 2005.
Do you know CERN? For many Japanese, CERN may be an unfamiliar organization.
CERN is a research institute for elementary particle and nuclear research, translated as European Nuclear Research Organization in Japanese, and pronounced as Serun from French or Saan from English. Members are 21 European countries and Israel, and Japan is one of the observer countries.
The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is located beneath the border between Switzerland and France and is currently the largest particle accelerator in the world (27 kilometers around, it is said briefly to be equal to the size of the Yamanote Line, a Japan Railway line in Tokyo). With the LHC, CERN is conducting experiments to reproduce the state immediately after the Big Bang by colliding two particles at a high speed as close as possible.
The collimator is a component that allows particles to travel straight to collide in the facility.
CERN has brought various things to the world through their work. Mouse used with personal computers and touch-screen on monitor are their invention.
But after all, the invention that has the most impact on our modern society is www (World Wide Web), which was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. This technology has made it possible for people around the world to share information even when they are far away.
Now, in 2022, only 33 years have passed since the invention of www. I am deeply impressive when I recall the development process of the collimator parts and my life together with the explosive spread on a global scale.