Hadron Collider Smashes its First Atoms Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email A simulated event at the Large Hedron Collider's particle detector at CERN, depicting the decay of the Higgs particle following a proton collision. ( Wikipedia Commons ) Produced by Hsi-Chang Lin and Kate McGough Produced by PRI and WNYC