Question

What is the Compact Muon Solenoid used to study?

Answer 1

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment  is a particle physic detector which is used to investigate and search for the Higgs Boson, and particles that is related to dark matter. Other goals of this experiment is to for evidence such as supersymmetry and extra dimensions. It is built on a LHC or Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland and France. 

Answer 2

Answer:

It is designed to accurately detect and study Muons.

Explanation:

Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) is part of Large Hadron Collider (LHC) of CERN and has a use as a general purpose detector. It weighs around 14000 Tonne and built around a giant solenoid magnet. That's how it got its name: Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS). It generates 4 Tesla magnetic field  that is around 100000 times the Earth's magnetic field. A yoke made up of steel is used to confine this intense field. This strong magnetic field is used to bend the path of particles.

In LHC, protons are accelerated to a very high speed in clockwise and anticlockwise direction and then collided with each other. On collision particles will be sprayed out in all directions. CMS takes the photograph and collects data during these collisions. Its main purpose is to detect Muons which are around 200 times heavier than electrons.