Tiny Particle Accelerator Is Millions of Times Smaller Than CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

Tiny Particle Accelerator Is Millions of Times Smaller Than CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

Scientists have activated the smallest particle accelerator ever built—a tiny device roughly the size of a coin. This advancement opens new doors for particle acceleration, promising exciting possibilities for medicine, physics, and other scientific fields. It brings researchers closer than ever to portable, cost-effective accelerators. Most particle accelerators today use large metal structures and radio-frequency waves to push particles forwar…

On March 25, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) successfully conducted the first session of the NICA accelerator complex, which had been awaited for 19 years. The important event took place in the presence of representatives of the participating countries gathered at the session of the JINR Committee of Plenipotentiary Representatives. Photo: JINR The session will last about six months and will end with a unique experiment: collidin…