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Cyclotron Particle Acceleration
Physics and Mathematics

Cyclotron: The Spiral Accelerator Behind Modern Medicine

A cyclotron is a particle accelerator that uses a magnetic field and an oscillating electric field to drive charged particles along a spiral...

Hot air balloon in a night sky with stars and cosmic rays
Space and astronomyScience Explorer

We May Know Where (Some) Cosmic Rays Come From - After 113 Years

Space telescope identifies natural particle accelerator 100 times more powerful than the Large Hadron Collider.

From Hydrogen to Higgs Bosons: Particle Physics at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
Physics and mathematicsScience Watcher

Inside the Large Hadron Collider: A Physicist's View

Particle physicist Clara Nellist explains what happens inside the Large Hadron Collider, from a bottle of hydrogen to the discovery of the Higgs...