Particle Accelerators: Data Imaging at Near Light Speed

[Nano-Passion]

It is mind-numbing to think how particle accelerators get the data to form the images of particles moving near the speed of light such as :

http://www.hephy.at/typo3temp/pics/94acdc3f44.jpg

how do they do it?

 

[Drakkith]

I can't see that link from here at work, but if you are interested in particle accelerators I'm sure there are several books you can find in addition to online sites like wikipedia or the homepage for the LHC you can go to and find out more.

 

[ZapperZ]

Just for a record, these are tracks from a particle COLLIDER, i.e. at one of the detectors such as those found at the LHC and Tevatron. Particle accelerators ALONE do not make such tracks (see such tracks at, say, a synchrotron facility?). So one needs to learn about detector physics.

Zz.

 

[Nano-Passion]

Detector physics? Wow sounds interesting.

Thanks guys. ^.^