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tobin martin
Dec 13, 2010, 5:48:34 PM12/13/10
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Post any questions you may have about the physical and digital
realization of an idea!
To start, a question I received today was:
How does a particle accelerator work and what can it be used for?
(CHEM 163, radio-chemistry quiz)
Generally speaking...
A particle accelerator is a device used for just that, accelerating
particles and running them in to other particles (Newton's first law).
The intent of this exercise is varied, but for a simple linear
accelerator, one would shoot lighter charged particles at heavier,
stationary target nucleons to observe the resulting daughter elements,
radiation, neutrinos, and other exotic particles we may have yet to
discover.
One such exotic particle is Darmstadtium. It does not occur on Earth
unaided by technology, but it can be synthesized by bombarding a
Pb-208 target with Ni-62 ions. Note that the accelerated particle,
Ni-62 is an ion. The particle must have a charge in order to propel it
by electric potentials, as a neutral particle would remain stationary.
realization of an idea!
To start, a question I received today was:
How does a particle accelerator work and what can it be used for?
(CHEM 163, radio-chemistry quiz)
Generally speaking...
A particle accelerator is a device used for just that, accelerating
particles and running them in to other particles (Newton's first law).
The intent of this exercise is varied, but for a simple linear
accelerator, one would shoot lighter charged particles at heavier,
stationary target nucleons to observe the resulting daughter elements,
radiation, neutrinos, and other exotic particles we may have yet to
discover.
One such exotic particle is Darmstadtium. It does not occur on Earth
unaided by technology, but it can be synthesized by bombarding a
Pb-208 target with Ni-62 ions. Note that the accelerated particle,
Ni-62 is an ion. The particle must have a charge in order to propel it
by electric potentials, as a neutral particle would remain stationary.
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