How to Design a Particle Accelerator - with Suzie Sheehy

How do you go about designing a particle accelerator? Suzie Sheehy discusses how they work, what form they take, and what champagne means to an accelerator physicist.
Watch more films in our series on particle accelerators: • How To Trap Particles ...
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN has captured the imagination of the public. But particle accelerators take many shapes, and there are tens of thousands of other accelerators in use every day around the world.
Dr Suzie Sheehy designs particle accelerators. In this animation she leads us through the world of accelerators. They all share the same basic ingredients of an accelerator: particles, energy, control, collision and detection, and typically fall into three categories: linear, cyclotron and synchrotron.
The applications of accelerators range from individual medical care to answering the biggest questions we have about the universe. Each accelerator is the culmination of hundreds of people’s efforts, though the designs themselves often start with a single person’s idea.
Watch Suzie’s lecture to learn more about her research: • Particle Accelerators ...
This film was supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council.
Direction, illustration and animation: Andrew Khosravani andrewkhosravani.com/
Illustration, animation: Clara Cebrian: claracebrian.com/
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[@megaandry69]

Such a fantastic animation! I'm completly in love with Suzie's voice

[@TheRoyalInstitution]

Thank you to the wonderful contributor who translated this video into German! Vielen Dank!

[@adamrasmussen3521]

The animations were incredible! I had to watch it twice, one time just observing the fabulous animations and illustrations and one time to listen to the content. Great video!

[@hpekristiansen]

The animation is a terribly bundle of misinformation.

[@adamrasmussen3521]

Actually, most people have the ability to understand symbolic meaning and this animation obviously wasn't intended to be a literal depiction of reality. So, if you are not autistic then it won't take a degree in semiotics to grasp this concept.

[@verdatum]

I never manage to find parties that involve women who design particle accelerators. Sigh; such is life...

[@un2mensch]

That's my kind of party!

[@azgarogly]

I guess, You need a PhD in certain area to get invited.

[@verdatum]

Maybe...Curse this worthless CS doctorate! >_

[@HywelOwen]

You've obviously never been to one of my parties.

[@verdatum]

Hywel Owen You've got me there. It's a shame that Manchester is such a tricky drive from Washington DC. Otherwise, I'd love an invite.

[@daniellassander]

This was amazing, thank you so much! A big thank you to Suzie for taking the time to participate and teach us plebs something very interesting :)

[@Just_Mike64]

Fantastic clear simple and entertaining explanation, thanks !

[@natasfresas]

That was a great video! Very informative. Thanks :D

[@mmarsbarr]

This is fantastic!!! Thank you

[@EclipZeMuzik]

i really like this keep up the good work!

[@lloydcantuii6765]

Hi. Just for fun, I was wondering if you could maybe give us an explanation of what type of components would be needed to create a Ghostbusters proton pack. Not necessarily considering weight and size, but just what would be needed in terms of individual components, power requirement, and such...and what a real one might look like if a realistic proton pack was constructed with today's knowledge and technology. What would the Ghostbusters need to do, to create an actual proton pack??

[@HAL-zl1lg]

This is more of an overview than a how-to.

[@HAL-zl1lg]

***** A better title.

[@BenjaminEsposti]

Can't have everything, otherwise, what would the point of living be?

[@HAL-zl1lg]

Benjamin Esposti Well OK. It's not a big deal, just pointing it out.

[@matthewcooper6492]

I wanted how to build one I am planning on making one I am only 16 so a kid at 14 created a nuclear reature in his backyard but I think he died from his experiment I did not watch the full video about it

[@anduchanzz867]

Yes, I googled "how to build a particle accelerator" because I wanted to build one I'm my garage. I am very disappointed 😞

[@LinhPham-bx9fd]

what an interesting video! tks

[@syed8514]

the best animation ever!!!!

[@yuta2349]

Oh man this was illustrated so well !

[@Seecubedeye]

Great animation work

[@Viridoviperas]

awesome!

[@saveearthsavelives1393]

fun and learnable!

[@morbid1.]

you go to wrong parties if after you say what an amazing job you have people run away.

[@maclypse]

Indeed. I'd be hanging on her every word. :) Of course, I'm a bit of a nerd.

[@Dragonmastur24]

I need to go to her kind of parties :O

[@zaccomusic]

nice content I hope you keep update :)

[@gaurangshekhar]

it sounded so badass when she said I design particle accelerators

at 13 y.o. i made my first play machine to put my hair as a porcupine. Only 200 Kev. A waher machine motor, 2, 5 meters of PVC tube & a rubber band. It's an interesting experience for a child. The cost 4 a cyclotron was excesisive 4 my budget, i was very poor. Thanks very much, buy you can be more specific in ur explains. I was see one 10 Mev working in my university. Now i 65 & is too later 4 me. Buy i was learn very much about the caracteristicals of the matter. Thanks again

[@oscillation7720]

Perfect for my kids thanks! However I still don't know how to build one at home :D

[@tonyc4669]

Yes, It is big and complicated. How do the designers coordinate the different sections to work together? There are a lot of machined metal parts. Which software was used to design parts? How did they architect the electrical wiring to each component so that it did not interfere with the electro magnetic fields?

[@michaelwaibel2278]

imagine harnessing the energy that comes off smashing particles together

[@techraan2160]

please excuse this silly question, but when you accelerate a particle in a synchrotron, as it gets closer and closer to the speed of light, doesn't it take on mass? And if so, wouldn't it's gravitational attractive force increase? Please feel free to dismiss my question if it's ridiculous.

[@lyaeusv3828]

Did you find your answer yet ?

[@visperaschristopheremmanuel513]

I try for now building a particle accelerator in small scale but I don't know it could be work.

[@abhishekbhatt7949]

Can you please tell me, which software you use to demonstrate this animation.

[@TheRoyalInstitution]

Our animator Andrew created this animation in Adobe After Effects.

[@msingat]

Does anybody know the animation software used, or how I can recreate such animation? Like any tutorials or something? Thanks!!

[@TheRoyalInstitution]

It's predominantly done in Adobe After Effects.

[@professordrabhijitsayamber2299]

Om pure love

[@maegodragon]

Very funny~!

[@DrDeathAribertHeimHk47]

That wasn't that bad, I'd recommend it.

[@the_catalyst566]

All hail suzie

[@MECKENICALROBOT]

was that a young Einstein at the end there? nice touch!!!

[@evilotis01]

lol seriously if i met someone at a party who told me they designed particle accelerators they would NEVER get rid of me

[@adamthornton7880]

This is Chef Juun from Food Wishes dot carm.

[@lifeenjoyer6916]

I have heard a person who accidentally put his head in a particle accelerator and his left side is still young is it true. If so can we use this to stay young and live for 5 to 6 centuries?

[@TheRoyalInstitution]

You probably mean the case of Anatoli Bugorski, there's a nice write up here - www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/01/what-happens-when-you-stick-your-head-in-a-particle-accelerator/512927/ In short, no, sticking yourself in the particle accelerator is no cure for aging.

[@tokesalot42069]

The cyclotron seems to be based on the Fibonacci Sequence a bit.

[@nsrhub6663]

I know how to make partical accelerator , but i need someone who help me to build .

[@tf3confirmedbuthv54]

I actually want to make a particle accelerator

[@Time-cc2qb]

Me tio

[@nsrhub6663]

I know how to make partical accelerator but i need money to purchase unique items

[@abi3751]

​@@nsrhub6663 you want one

[@nsrhub6663]

@@abi3751 yes

[@abi3751]

@@nsrhub6663 then let's make it ourself

[@aaryaavartbind]

👍

[@azgarogly]

The animation seems to have some major errors in it. Like using horseshoe magnets to "repel" a particle beam. And solar wind particle trajectories.

[@Doomroar]

Yeah i understand that they are trying to keep it accessible so maybe they though to go with the more recognizable form of a magnet, but since this is a video on a highly specialized topic it may end generating misconceptions on that very public they are trying to reach, wasting part of the effort put into the video. On the other hand it is a cartoon so maybe it is not to be taken as a genuine representation of reality.

[@adamrasmussen3521]

They were fantastic! I hope you do understand that they work symbolically and did not try to depict everything in a literal sense. You don't need a degree in semiotics to understand that.

[@rationalmartian]

I agree Adam. Surely pretty much everyone will understand it is highly stylised and symbolically illustrative. Artistic licence is hardly a complex idea, that most people will not "get". It is a short video under 5 mins long. It seems a little churlish to criticise it for such minor things. Almost like criticising it for the unreal bending arms on the dancing woman.

[@azgarogly]

Adam Rasmussen I do appreciate the quality of the graphics. But it is on scientific matter, You have to simplify things here, but making statements which are plain wrong is unacceptable. It's like middle-school physics class. You explain things a simple way, but not contradicting the subject You teach. Sci-Pop media is about educating people, not creating misconceptions, isn't it?

[@azgarogly]

rationalmartian When You do a video depicting oversea land and simulate foreign language with gibberish, it's "stylised and symbolicall". If You take some real speech and the person says "this is a yellow cow" pointing a black cat, this is wrong. If it is a just a random video made for amusement, it's just lame. Ok, whatever. But when it's something connected to languages or travel. It would be embarrassing. Maybe it's good for humanitarians. Not for science channel.

[@martianmanhunta1417]

I can create a particle accelerator explosion on myself and get the speed force in my system thank you time to become the impossible

[@umeshsharma7637]

Its a movie😂

[@jacoblantigua1366]

Beam on beam action :)

[@anonimul8926]

Oh yea...now that i know how to create a particle accelator i can finnaly be a speedster

[@nsrhub6663]

Me to😁

[@nsrhub6663]

Me to , your WhatsApp number or any social media? Name !

[@ZFDyt]

Yes, maybe with this knowledge we can shrink them..... Nano

[@rajitponakala9684]

Nuclear Physicists and Cosmologists may use beams of bare atomic nuclei stripped of electrons to investigate the structure

[@kcreations5478]

What will happen if we convert the LHC in a spring shaped accelerator

[@siwilson1437]

You'd lose a lot of the energy in the sideways component of the vector while steering the particle around the steeper curve, hence the need for it to be as big a circle as possible. Ideally it would be a huge straight line!

[@kcreations5478]

@@siwilson1437 Thank You...Love From India

[@TheOneFatAmericanGinger]

How do I design one to grab dark matter and cause an explosion of dark matter? (edit) this could potentially cure many diseases and illnesses

[@8080256256]

The whole time I was waiting for Mr. Plinkett to show up...

[@lloydcantuii2887]

Hi. I really like your videos a lot. I had an odd request. Could you build a ghostbuster proton pack, that was designed and styled after these real-life particle accelerators, so that it has replicas of all the components real-life accelerators have, for their functionality and operations. So that the pack has all components a real-life accelerator would have to operate properly. They dont have to be real components, but artistic replicas of the components, so that the pack would be designed to work, if they were real components. Designed so it would be fully operational by the real-thing, if all the components were REAL...with all the wiring and cables and everything. A proton accelerator backpack, whose design is based on the real-life accelerators you make, but downsized into a pack you can ware, like the Ghostbusters. I hope I explained it, well enough for you to understand, cause sometimes i have trouble getting my meaning across to other people. Thank you for your time, efforts, and consideration in this project build.....

[@elainekent6821]

How to Design a Particle Accelerator?

[@TheMotivationalToken]

FINALY I CAN NOW GET STRUCk BY LIGHTNING now i am about be become the FLASH

[@ssuuvudesecond2442]

What about dark matter

[@gregry111]

I made one of these and it produced a black hole. My neighbor fell into it and hasn't been seen since.

[@Roshan_Darish]

Gary Reed then how are u alive

[@Roshan_Darish]

Gary Reed u made it right?

[@gregry111]

I didn't fall in, my neighbor did.

[@gregry111]

Of course.

[@Roshan_Darish]

Gary Reed how far were u from the black hole when it appeared

[@hpekristiansen]

Great speech. But... was the graphics made specifically to fool people into thinking something that is completely wrong?

[@BenjaminEsposti]

Not necessarily, it's watered-down (so to speak) so that even non-sciency folks can understand. :)

[@ASKaPHYSICIST]

*slowly backs away

[@meme-fj6rj]

I hope nothing will go wrong if they ever activate the machine...........like if a person gets struck by lighting

[@BeatTheGame]

If it explode it will make a darkmatter and it will create meta-human it will create the impossible

[@rajitponakala9684]

That only works in Sci -FI

[@InvictusM0n]

That doesn't happen in real life.

[@rukuplayz3409]

@@InvictusM0n You don't say

[@jumpman5947]

Pi has the wrong function. Spiral form vs spherical form

[@jumpman5947]

Its 1/9

[@-yab0y-xd813]

Time to explode it

[@qznoah4912]

Can we become theflash

[@Joseph_Stalin1940]

Oh boy FBI watch list here we go again.

[@quantinium]

wtf

[@nkmusic2117]

The word (How to design)? That is too simple

[@fireball27340]

Can you blow it up so I can be the flash

[@reizinhodojogo3956]

Gente vamos fazer o youtube dominado por JESUS! Cole isso em todos os vídeos que você vê! 💛ELE VIVE💛 🔥ELE ESTÁ VOLTANDO🔥 fixa??????????????

[@jeffmahoney1271]

Suzy Sheehy sounds like the name of a leftist superhero

[@God0fTime]

word salad