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The LHC accelerates protons and lead ions. Are all the electrons stripped from the lead ions? If so, could lead ions with some electrons still be accelerated? Would there be any reason to?
Could the LHC accelerate alpha particles or other nuclei? Why lead ions over lighter or heaver nuclei?
Do colliding neutrons produce anything that colliding protons only do not? Why not collide alpha particles if neutrons are to be included? I would think that colliding lead ions would produce a larger mess of particles to sort out. Or is it all the same if protons are clumped together or spread out within a bunch (except for neutrons in the mix)? What results come from colliding lead ions that does not come from colliding single protons?
Could the LHC accelerate and collide electrons? If so, to what speed or energy?
Could the LHC accelerate alpha particles or other nuclei? Why lead ions over lighter or heaver nuclei?
Do colliding neutrons produce anything that colliding protons only do not? Why not collide alpha particles if neutrons are to be included? I would think that colliding lead ions would produce a larger mess of particles to sort out. Or is it all the same if protons are clumped together or spread out within a bunch (except for neutrons in the mix)? What results come from colliding lead ions that does not come from colliding single protons?
Could the LHC accelerate and collide electrons? If so, to what speed or energy?