A hadron collider is a type of particle accelerator that focuses on colliding hadrons, which are subatomic particles composed of quarks. Hadrons include baryons (such as protons and neutrons) and mesons. These colliders are designed to accelerate hadrons to high energies and then collide them, allowing researchers to study fundamental physics, including the properties of matter and the fundamental forces of nature.
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