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Particle Collider Summary
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The original concept behind the construction of particle accelerators was to build machines that could accelerate protons, electrons, and other small particles to very high energies. These particles would then be allowed to collide with stationary...
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Collider Information
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A collider is a type of a particle accelerator involving directed beams of particles. In particle physics one gains knowledge about elementary particles by accelerating particles to very high kinetic energy and letting them impact on other particles....


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The Washington Post
The Super Collider
02/15/1987: 872 words, approx. 3 pages
After hearing scientific arguments for, and budgetary complaints about, the proposed $4.4 billion atom smasher, President Reagan swerved the discussion into an anecdote. He recalled Jack London's personal credo: I would rather be ashes than dust, I would rather my spark should...
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Playthings
Worlds Colliding.
04/01/2008: 889 words, approx. 3 pages
By Richard Gottlieb Virtual worlds can help mend the industry's ills Have you ever seen that old movie When Worlds Collide ? It's about the earth getting smashed by a rogue planet called Bellus, and its moon, Zyra. I wonder if the...
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Timeline for particle collider in doubt
4/26/2007: 577 words, approx. 2 pages
The world's most ambitious particle collider _ which scientists hope could reveal what matter is made of _ might not be fully functional until next year, months after its scheduled startup date, officials at the European Organization for Nuclear Research said Thursday.Scientists have been scrambling...
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Particle collider magnet self-destructs
4/3/2007: 452 words, approx. 2 pages
A 43-foot-long magnet for the world's largest particle collider broke "with a loud bang and a cloud of dust" during a high-pressure test, and officials said Tuesday they are working to find a replacement part.The part that failed March 27 was in a super-cooled magnet...
 


 

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