Building a Particle Accelerator

[SmarterThanGod]

Can anyone give me a link to or information about how to build a PRACTICAL particle accelerator? Like one that would fit inside a basement or garage? Please, no handhelds that cant do much, and no mile-long underground accelerators that require their own nuclear power plant. I am interested in knowing how they are built, and (possibly) to build one myself for research. Thank You

[Ambitwistor]

http://www.fieldp.com/cpa/cpa.html

[SmarterThanGod]

are there any sites with clear, consie directions and plans, materials lists, etc. for dummies with little electric experience? those are more of a book on how PA's work, not thier actual construction

[Ambitwistor]

Originally posted by SmarterThanGod
are there any sites with clear, consie directions and plans, materials lists, etc. for dummies with little electric experience? those are more of a book on how PA's work, not thier actual construction

No, not really. There are a few web pages by people who built their own particle accelerators, but they don't go into a lot of construction detail. It's not the sort of project that "dummies with little electric experience" tend to attempt.