PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
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Particle accelerators are designed for subatomic studies.
Using powerful electromagnets, particle accelerators speed up subatomic particles to near the speed of light, and then collide the two tiny pieces of matter in order to break them apart and study the interiors of such bits of matter as hadrons.
Particle accelerators need a huge length to attain the desired speed of the subatomic particles. Some, like the Large Hadron Collider at Geneva pictured at left, are as long as 27 kilometers. Although all particle accelerators are ring shaped to give an indefinite space for acceleration, they are all so long that they appear to be straight.
Using powerful electromagnets, particle accelerators speed up subatomic particles to near the speed of light, and then collide the two tiny pieces of matter in order to break them apart and study the interiors of such bits of matter as hadrons.
Particle accelerators need a huge length to attain the desired speed of the subatomic particles. Some, like the Large Hadron Collider at Geneva pictured at left, are as long as 27 kilometers. Although all particle accelerators are ring shaped to give an indefinite space for acceleration, they are all so long that they appear to be straight.