Learn some particle accelerator basics from a Fermilab accelerator operator.
How do you keep a particle inside of an accelerator? Fermilab accelerator operator Cindy Joe explains.
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A physicist who has devoted his career to developing linear colliders confronts the decision that changed the global physics community and the focus of his work.
Physicist Ken Peach, recently appointed director of the UK's John Adams Institute, discusses the current state of particle physics in Britain -- including a significant change in mood among pa
The question before the high-energy physics community in the United States at this moment is nothing less than whether we will continue to be among the world leaders in this field.