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  Why are particle accelerators so large? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-03-22 11:05 -0500
    Re: Why are particle accelerators so large? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-03-22 18:20 +0000
    Re: Why are particle accelerators so large? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-03-23 13:15 -0700
      Re: Why are particle accelerators so large? benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-03-23 22:19 -0400

#564513 — Why are particle accelerators so large?

Why are particle accelerators so large?
> http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/why-are-particle-accelerators-so-large


> The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is a whopping 27 kilometers in
> circumference. Edda Gschwendtner, physicist and project leader for
> CERN's plasma wakefield acceleration experiment (AWAKE), explains why
> scientists use such huge machines.

> Particle accelerators are tools that allow us probe both the
> fundamental components of nature and the evolution and origin of all
> matter in the visible (and maybe even the invisible?) universe. The
> more powerful the accelerator, the further we can see into the
> infinitely small and the infinitely large.

> Particles in circular accelerators gradually gain energy as they race
> through an accelerating structure at a certain position in the ring.
> For instance, the protons in the LHC make 11,000 laps every second
> for 20 minutes before they reach their collision energy. During their
> journey, magnets guide the particles around the bends in the
> accelerator and keep them on course.


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#564585

Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why are particle accelerators so large?

To get a good running start.

Did you not learn this in grade school?


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Jim Pennino

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#564905

On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 9:05:43 AM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
> Why are particle accelerators so large?
> > http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/why-are-particle-accelerators-so-large
> 
> 
> > The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is a whopping 27 kilometers in
> > circumference. Edda Gschwendtner, physicist and project leader for
> > CERN's plasma wakefield acceleration experiment (AWAKE), explains why
> > scientists use such huge machines.
> 
> > Particle accelerators are tools that allow us probe both the
> > fundamental components of nature and the evolution and origin of all
> > matter in the visible (and maybe even the invisible?) universe. The
> > more powerful the accelerator, the further we can see into the
> > infinitely small and the infinitely large.
> 
> > Particles in circular accelerators gradually gain energy as they race
> > through an accelerating structure at a certain position in the ring.
> > For instance, the protons in the LHC make 11,000 laps every second
> > for 20 minutes before they reach their collision energy. During their
> > journey, magnets guide the particles around the bends in the
> > accelerator and keep them on course.
> 
> 
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> to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
> community, and physics-related social issues.

Big circle no sharp bends.TreBert

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On 03/23/2016 04:15 PM, reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 9:05:43 AM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> Why are particle accelerators so large?
>>> http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/why-are-particle-accelerators-so-large
>>
>>
>>> The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is a whopping 27 kilometers in
>>> circumference. Edda Gschwendtner, physicist and project leader for
>>> CERN's plasma wakefield acceleration experiment (AWAKE), explains why
>>> scientists use such huge machines.
>>
>>> Particle accelerators are tools that allow us probe both the
>>> fundamental components of nature and the evolution and origin of all
>>> matter in the visible (and maybe even the invisible?) universe. The
>>> more powerful the accelerator, the further we can see into the
>>> infinitely small and the infinitely large.
>>
>>> Particles in circular accelerators gradually gain energy as they race
>>> through an accelerating structure at a certain position in the ring.
>>> For instance, the protons in the LHC make 11,000 laps every second
>>> for 20 minutes before they reach their collision energy. During their
>>> journey, magnets guide the particles around the bends in the
>>> accelerator and keep them on course.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated
>> to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
>> community, and physics-related social issues.
>
> Big circle no sharp bends.TreBert
>
Treeb knows how EVERYTHING works!

Say, you dead yet?

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