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The discovery of elementary particles is closely linked to advancements in particle accelerator technology because breaking apart larger particles requires significant energy. As fundamental particles have high binding energies, larger accelerators are necessary to achieve the collision energies needed for their production. Understanding the rest mass of these particles further illustrates the energy requirements for their creation. The discussion highlights the importance of technological progress in enabling these scientific discoveries. Overall, advancements in particle accelerators have been crucial for exploring the fundamental components of matter.
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Another comprehension question is for me to understand why the discovery of elementary (fundamental) particles depended on advances in particle accelerator technology?

Can somone explain this to me?
 
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you might want to read a brief history of time by hawking. it goes into detail about particle acceleration and other things. i just read it myself but barely understood anything.

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I think that the simple answer is that you generally have to break things apart to find what they are made of. And the binding energies of smaller, more fundamental particles are large enough, that it takes bigger and bigger accelerators to reach those collision energies.
 
lol.. i figured it out.. thanks..
 
Huge energies (accelerations) are required to produce these particles. You might want to look at the rest mass of some of the fundamental particles
 

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