15—What are Particle Accelerators and How Do TheyWork?
AKA atom smashers.
enable scientists to "see" things a million time smaller than an atom (J-Lab). Using accelerators we can make single particles (like a proton) go as fast as the speed of light (300'000 km/sec). If a particle moving at this speed hits a block of material, its energy is also transformed, producing temperatures of 10'000'000'000'000 °C or more. Under these extreme circumstances, the energy set free in the collision can transform into matter. CERN


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