how do particle accelerators work and why are they important?
In: Physics
Tiny things are hard to see. But if you have a tiny thing and you make it go really fast, you can smash it into things and see what happens. If you have two tiny things and smash them together, well you just created an interaction that can be measured and analyzed. Particle accelerators make the tiny things (electrons, positrons, protons, and antiprotons) go super quick and see what happens.
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