How to design a particle accelerator? Suzie Sheehy explains how they work, what form they take, and what champagne means to an accelerator physicist.
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CERN's Large Hadron Collider has captured the public imagination. But particle accelerators come in many forms, and tens of thousands of other accelerators are in use around the world every day.

Dr. Suzie Sheehy designs particle accelerators. In this animation, she introduces us to the world of accelerators. They share all the same basic ingredients of an accelerator: particles, energy, control, collision and detection, and generally fall into three categories: linear, cyclotron and synchrotron.

Applications for accelerators range from individual medical care to answering the biggest questions we have about the universe. Each accelerator is the culmination of the efforts of hundreds of people, although the designs themselves often start from the idea of a single person.
Watch Suzie's talk to learn more about her research: https://youtu.be/jLmciZdh5j4?listPLbnrZHfNEDZx0mVe9wGxg5kyKdofRJJ7m

This film was supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council.

Direction, illustration and animation: Andrew Khosravani andrewkhosravani.com/
Illustration, animation: Clara Cebrian: claracebrian.com/

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