How does the LHC keep particles accelerated to 99.9% light speed contained?

sngtdt · Nov 19, 2010

The LHC is acccelerating particles to 99.9% the speed of light, but don't objects approaching the speed of light theoretically also attain infinite mass? So my question is, how would the accelerator keep those particles "roped in"?

jtbell · Nov 19, 2010

Very strong magnets.

Also a gentle radius of curvature. The LHC's circular path is 2 km in diameter.

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