Questions on Particle Physics

1. What is the main use of particle accelerators?
2. What physics principles govern the operation of particle accelerators?
3. What is a cyclotron? Draw a rough sketch of it and explain how it work?
4. What is a synchrotron? How is it different from a cyclotron?
5. How large is the synchrotron at CERN?
6. What is a linac? How is it different from a synchrotron?
7. Explain how a collider works. Give an example of a collider.
8. How does the accelerator in the Union College Physics Department compare with the Stanford's linac and CERN's synchrotron?
9. What is the Standard Model of particle physics?

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