Particle Accelerators and Detectors

Particle accelerators are powerful machines that speed up subatomic particles, like electrons and protons, to nearly the speed of light. When these particles collide, they create high-energy conditions that can reveal fundamental questions about matter and forces. Detectors then capture and analyze the resulting interactions, providing data on particle behavior and properties. Together, they allow physicists to explore the building blocks of the universe, test theories of fundamental physics, and search for new particles, contributing to our understanding of nature at its most basic level.