The role of accelerators in the study of particles and their interactions from "summary" of The God Particle by Leon M. Lederman,Dick Teresi
Accelerators are essential tools in the study of particles and their interactions. These powerful machines are used to accelerate particles to incredibly high speeds before they collide with one another or with stationary targets. By studying the debris produced in these collisions, scientists can gain valuable insights into the fundamental building blocks of the universe. One of the key roles of accelerators is to provide experimental evidence for the existence of theoretical particles. For example, the discovery of the Higgs boson, also known as the "God particle," was made possible by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. By colliding protons at high energies, scientists were able to create conditions similar to those present in the early universe, allowing them to observe the elusive Higgs boson for the first time. Accelerators also p...
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