Smashing Electrones: Can You Do It? - Mike Clarke

[mike clarke]

hey all new to the forums

and i was wondering can you? if so what will happen is you smash electrones ?





cheers
mike clarke

 

[mathman]

What do you mean specifically by smash? Electrons are elementary - they can't be broken up.

 

[cragar]

I was wondering , you know how when they collide particles in an accelerator that their kinetic energy can turn into mass , I know electrons are elementary particles but if we collided 2 electrons at near the speed of light could their kinetic energy give off new particles , but we would still retain the 2 electrons of course .

 

[ZapperZ]

hey all new to the forums

and i was wondering can you? if so what will happen is you smash electrones ?





cheers
mike clarke

Smash electrons at what?

LEP at CERN, before it was decommissioned to build the LHC, was an electron-positron collider.

Electrons are also used to "smash" at stationary targets to produce x-rays in your doctor's office.

You need to be a bit less vague with your question for the rest of us to answer what your question.

Zz.

 

[mike clarke]

I was wondering , you know how when they collide particles in an accelerator that their kinetic energy can turn into mass , I know electrons are elementary particles but if we collided 2 electrons at near the speed of light could their kinetic energy give off new particles , but we would still retain the 2 electrons of course .

apologies for being so vague i was but basically this guy has the question i was meaning to try to ask..

i am working on a theory about something that is quite puzzling to some and lots choose to just ignore and disbelieve.. basically how the "nazi bell" Could work and if it could..

 

[mathman]

Have you tried google? (electron-electron collision).

 

[cragar]

Have you tried google? (electron-electron collision).

you but none of them answered the question.