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Particle accelerators were first developed by John D. Cockcroft and Ernest T. S. Walton in 1932
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How large are particle accelerators?
Small particle accelerators can sit on a desktop, large circular ones can be miles across
Scientists smash together tiny bits of matter using what?
Scientists use particle accelerators to collide atoms.
Can scientists use particle accelerators to create new elements?
Yes, they can. In fact, they're absolutely necessary these days due to the energies needed to create them. There are two main labs in the world that focus on doing this. The first is the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany. The second is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.
Does a particle need to have an electrical charge to be used in a particle accelerator?
Yes, a particle used in a particle accelerator must have a charge to be useful in the device. Particle accelerators we use in high energy physics to investigate things all work by applying a moving or shifting magnetic field to accelerate charged particles. We speed these particles up by repeatedly "hitting" them with a magnetic field. Uncharged particles will not respond to this, and canot be used in the devices.
How are particle accelerators used to synthesize elements?
What essentially happens is two nuclei of two different (or the same) elements are smashed together; sometimes (although rarely) parts of the nuclei will stick together instead of getting obliterated or shot out. It is through this process that particle accelerators are used to create elements; however, it is worth noting that these elements are unstable due to the nucleus's atomic radius being to large; it will be greater than the range of the residual strong force.
What are particle accelerators also called?
Particle accelerators are also known as atom smashers
How large are particle accelerators?
Small particle accelerators can sit on a desktop, large circular ones can be miles across
What has the author Robert R Wilson written?
Robert R. Wilson has written: 'Particle accelerators' -- subject(s): Particle accelerators
How do we make artificial elements?
In particle accelerators.
What has the author Emmerich Chabot written?
Emmerich Chabot has written: 'Neural computation and particle accelerators' -- subject(s): Particle accelerators, Neural computers
Where is synthetic elements made?
in nuclear reactors and particle accelerators
Why are particle accelerators important to scientist?
They help find what matter is made of.
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What are high energy particle accelerators
What has the author Helmut Wiedemann written?
Helmut Wiedemann has written: 'Particle accelerator physics II' -- subject(s): Beam dynamics, Particle accelerators, Design and construction 'Particle accelerator physics' -- subject(s): Beam dynamics, Linear accelerators
Are particle accelerators the same as super colliders?
Sort of. Particle accelerators are anything that take particles (usually electrons or protons) and accelerate them to high speeds. Super colliders are really powerful particle accelerators along with a bunch of equipment to measure what happens when the particles collide. So when someone talks about a particle accelerator, they're usually talking about colliders. But there are lots of things that are particle accelerators that aren't colliders. The old CRT computer monitors (heavy ones that are about as deep as they are wide) accelerate electrons and shoot them into the glass plate in front to make light, so there's a particle accelerator inside.
Where is lawrencium from?
Lawrencium is an artificial element.
Synthetic elements are produced in nuclear reactors and also by using what?
Particle Accelerators.
