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Lhc It was the product of the collision. I assume the proton takes on different characteristics after the collision? Drakkith thanks for your patience I am a 52 year old construction superintendent without any formal physics training.

I was on the LHC simulator and the collisions of the Hydrogen atoms were confusing. Why were some uniform in direction while some spinning erratically in a cork screw pattern? Does that behavior have anything to do with the positive or negative charges of the Quarks in the nucleus?