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Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Particle Accelerators
Particle accelerators and what how they are used in research are explained briefly but succinctly here. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of different concepts in...
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Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Charm Quark
Charm quarks, described in this article, are a type of quark that is basic to matter. A particle with a charm quark deteriorates quickly into a regular particle. A study of these quarks could reveal critical information about matter....
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Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Virtual Particles
Virtual particles, described here, are particles that appear and disappear so rapidly they can be detected only by their effect on other particles. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few...
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Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Cherenkov Light
Cherenkov light is explained here as the light emitted when a charged particle travels through matter faster than light would be able to. This would be slower, however, than the maximum speed of light, which occurs in a vacuum. "Explain...
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Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: Scintillators
Scintillators are materials that can be used to detect the presence of radiation and of particles. This article gives a brief explanation of them.
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Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: The Intensity Frontier
This article briefly describes the Intensity Frontier, one of several research approaches to the area of particle physics.