accelerators for ATI

Building Accelerator Analogs

Some QuarkNet centers have built "accelerators." No, they are not real but can be used as analogs to real particle accelerators. The real learning comes, of course, when you plan and experiment on your own, but this may give you some starting points.
Things to Think About

What are your objectives?
To make an analogy for particle accelerators?
To use classical physics qualitatively?
To use classical physics quantitatively?
To measure forces, speed, etc.?
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Who is your target audience—teachers in an Associate Teacher Institute or their students or both?
What do the participants need to know before beginning?

Jawbreaker Accelerator Pressurized gas shoots jawbreakers through PVC pipe into a fixed target (brick) or into each other. The original speeds and masses are measured as are those of the resulting particles. LEARN MORE	Small Snack Collider (SSC), or How the Cookie Crumbles Crumbly cookies are attached to the fronts of lab carts. The carts are accelerated by hand or on ramps. LEARN MORE
Ring Shooter A commercial or homemade "Lenz's Law Demonstrator" uses a.c. in a coil to shoot an aluminum ring. LEARN MORE	Walnut Crusher Electromagnets propel steel balls at each other. A walnut placed in the center is crushed, with "particles" flying all over. LEARN MORE

Building Accelerator Analogs

Jawbreaker Accelerator

Small Snack Collider (SSC), or How the Cookie Crumbles

Ring Shooter

Walnut Crusher

Small Snack Collider (SSC), or
How the Cookie Crumbles