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Old 12-06-2010, 01:12 AM   #2191
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Not quiiiiiite. We take a basic proton* , speed it up a little**, and throw it at the wall*** and see what is inside it.****

* okay, we take a lot of protons all at once. They used to be Hydrogen, but we stripped off the electrons.
** okay, we actually speed it up to 99.99% the speed of light
*** okay, we actually aim it at particular target bits of metal. Or other protons. Or we sometimes aim the proton at a bunch of ANTI-protons.
**** What's inside it is all sorts of littler bits. Quarks, neutrinos, junk like that.
***** http://www.fnal.gov has cool pics somewhere plus lots more info
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