Particle accelerators: What are they, how do they work and why are they important to us?

A particle accelerator is a machine that accelerates particles. More specifically, it accelerates elementary particles, like protons and electrons, at extremely high speeds—almost 99.99% of the speed of light. These particles are then smashed against a stationary target or against other particles traveling in the opposite direction. These collisions produce massive particles, such as the top quark or the Higgs boson, which last for only a fraction of a second. Then, almost immediately, these particles convert into smaller, lighter particles, which, in turn, decay almost instantly. These collisions not only help us understand the composition of the elementary particles in question but also supplement our knowledge of our universe’s origin immediately following the Big Bang.

Particle accelerators can be broadly classified into two categories—linear accelerators (also called LINACs) and circular accelerators. In this video, we discuss linear and circular accelerators and their respective applications.

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[saitamabhaiya]

After watching 3 seasons of The Flash, Particle Accelerator is the last thing I could ever forget about. 😂😂😂😂

[shriharitelang]

your videos are always very informative, keep doing great work

[kursad]

I'm doing a Physics project on particle accelerators and this video was more than helpful. Thanks a ton!

[mayankrajanand]

I always used to wonder what they were, thank you for such informative video again!

[NoNameAtAll]

I wish there was at least a word for vapor chambers. Those are so fascinating

[the_bg_ne]

I wanna know where the particles actually come from. Like, is there a particle store where I can get a big bag of particles or do I have to cook them in a lab? How do they get the particles in their elementary form before colliding them with one another, etc, etc, etc.

[visheshjain]

Can you please tell me what do you exactly mean when you say that the lighter particles from Higgs boson decay, do they just vanish?And if they do won’t they break the law of conservation of mass

[lolconer]

am i watching educational video or Family Guy episode

[khudhurghazi]

we use a particle accelerators in my work in the oil field,
i work as wireline logging engineer and we use a particle accelerator to generate neutrons that we can use to figure out how much oil there is in the formation

[expansivegymnast]

Decent video. Good for first time understanding

[Holtzzz]

I just saw this TikTok and it said this was gonna kill us but this vid really helped me call down, thanks bro

[deadeye_john]

I have a big question. How strong are the superconducting magnets in the large hadron colider all by themselves? Do the superconducting magnets have a magnetic strength of over 10 Mega electron volts?

[ipdavid]

frankly this is the best and easiest explanation ❤

[hanamantmunnolli]

This was really helpful for exams. Thanks a lot for such a good work.

[twstf]

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What a guy.

[israelsadovnik]

The first accelerator based on the principle of repetitive acceleration was the cyclotron, invented by Ernest Lawrence in 1930 /Nobel Prize 1939/.
Since then, many different large accelerators have been built to study matter on ever smaller scales, and many (thousands) of "new" different particles have been discovered.
But these thousands of new and different particles did not help to understand the fundamental physical laws that govern matter, energy, space and time.
If for more than 100 years of studying quantum particles by breaking them up in accelerators, there is NO answer to the fundamental laws of quantum physics, then it is very possible that ''. . . at least one big idea is missing.” /Book: "The Trouble with Physics". Page 308. Lee Smolin/

[jakeg]

Now how do you manage to isolate and drop only 1 or 2 particles in a tube

[JQDeathFromAbove]

Could you stack accelerators on top of each other like a 9V battery for a bigger charge?

[Guyssss]

Your characters look like family guy characters

[strongback]

Man, whenever they talked on TV why we need these things, all I got was broad and vague answers which bordered on "It helps magic science commune with science gods in order to tell us how universe was made."
It's good to know there's actually a proper explanation. Theoretical physics is well and good, but it's completely worthless unless we can actually utilize applied physics out of it.