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Is magnetic levitation used in any way, in atom smashers?
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BGreene said:Is magnetic levitation used in any way, in atom smashers?
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BGreene said:Oh yes! it never occurred to me that gravity doesn't matter at all! hehehe! however, i wanted to know whether magnetic levitation is used to keep particles in place... like hover them... tht's kind of a "levitation" right? and how can i contact accelerator officials? (any accelerator... fermilabs, for instance..)
BGreene said:which means you are one... kool! which accelerator do u work at?
i would also like to know about the technology applications of magnetic levitation, apart from the maglev trains...
Cyclotron Boy said:. Particles are bent and focused in tight beams with special dipole and quadrupole magnets. These magnets force the particles together very strongly, much stronger in fact than gravity.
BGreene said:isn't it a kind of levitation?
i hav a physics presentation on applications of magnetic levitation in technology... i thought P.A.s use levitation to steer particles...
is maglev used solely to defy gravity? isn't steering the particles magnetic levitation?
thanks...
A particle accelerator is a scientific instrument used to accelerate particles to very high speeds and energies. It works by using electric fields to push and pull charged particles, such as protons or electrons, through a series of accelerating structures.
There are several types of particle accelerators, including linear accelerators, circular accelerators, synchrotrons, and colliders. Linear accelerators accelerate particles in a straight line, while circular accelerators use magnets to bend the particles in a circular path. Synchrotrons are circular accelerators that use alternating electric fields to keep particles on their path, while colliders are circular accelerators that collide particles with each other.
Particle accelerators have a wide range of uses in scientific research, including studying the structure of matter, creating and studying new particles, and producing high-energy radiation for medical and industrial purposes. They are also used in particle physics experiments to test theories and understand the fundamental laws of the universe.
Particle accelerators use a combination of electric fields and magnets to accelerate particles to high speeds. The particles are first injected into the accelerator and then guided through a series of accelerating structures, which increase their energy with each pass. Magnets are used to steer and focus the particles, while detectors at the end of the accelerator measure and record their properties.
The largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland. It is a 27-kilometer circular accelerator that collides protons at energies of up to 14 TeV (trillion electron volts). It is used for cutting-edge research in particle physics, including the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012.