What is a particle eccelerator?

Answer 1

The main purpose of a particle accelerator is to generate synchrotron radiation or to smash atomic nuclei together or into a target to see what is produced from the energy of the impact. The results then inform which theoretical physical models are incorrect and occasionally which models have a valid experimental basis.

Answer 2

In general, a nuclear particle accelerator is a device that uses shifting magnetic fields to accelerate a charged particle down or around an evacuated pipe. By using a succession of magnetic "swats" on the charged particle, it can be sped up and then slammed into a target. By observing what happens when charged particles collide with targets, we can make a guess as to what is happening in the reactions.

The goal of accelerator investigations is to discover the underlying nature of the structure of matter. We also open doors on the nature of the universe and the reality in which we live.

Answer 3

With the help of a particle accelerator, a scientist can get a particle such as a proton or neutron of a hydrogen atom (without the electron) to accelerate at incredible velocities, and then collide them with another proton or neutron of a hydrogen atom or a fixed target.

Basically, an accelerator takes a particle, speeds it up using electromagnetic fields, and smashes the particle into a target or other particles. Surrounding the collision point are detectors that record the many pieces of the event.

Answer 4

A particle accelerator is a VERY large device with a large tube shaped in a circle. It accelerates a stream of atoms in opposite directions using very large and multiple series of magnets to create the eventuality that they collide into each other at EXTREMELY high speeds (just under the speed of light) in order break it down into its most finite (as far as we know at this time) components and characteristics.

Answer 5

You could choose any element to use in a particle accelerator, but the most commonly-used one is Hydrogen- it's the smallest, the lightest, and most abundant of all elements.

Answer 6

A particle accelerator whizzes protons/other particles around at a really high speed to try to create a new particle.