how do particle accelerators work and why are they important?
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Imagine you have a sealed up clock. You want to find out how it works inside. One way to do this is to throw the clock on the ground so it breaks and all the parts spill out. Those parts give you insight into how the clock works.
With particle accelerators, the “clocks” are very very small. By applying just the right magnetic field and doing things just right, we can get these very small objects traveling at incredible speeds, over 150k miles per second. They collide these tiny zooming particles into things, and all the insides fall out.
Studying the fragments gives insight into exactly is happening inside these very small particles
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