Particle Accelerators - Backstage Science

[ohwhererehwho]

Niobium's use as a superconductor. It remains COOL! Entirely fascinating video.

[un2mensch]

Weird, a few hours after I saw this, I came across an article about EMMA in the daily mail (ugh:) from 12th June

[johnjaksic61]

Great to see basic research at work---Keep up the good work!

[BackstageScience]

@johnjaksic61 and thanks for watching... more videos to come

[Copimi]

ahh, i was hoping you gonna shoot something with it, like a rat perhaps...

[jailbird111]

this guy looks like normen meyers in addams family. no offence..

[darcyryan99]

whats with physicists and wrapping there vacuums and what not in aluminum foil?

[CoyoteBuddy]

Wonderful, as always.  Looking forward to more!

[truvelocity]

Braces. 

[gyrofxza]

Cannot tell you how much I enjoy these videos!

[PissOutMyAssBarf]

Alice shoots his beam into Emma...Giggity giggity, alllllright.

[Mattprole]

One day, I will metaphorically pleasure EMMA and ALICE.

[eaturfeet653]

im not being mean or anything, im just expressing my ignorance, i honestly never knew that england had all this cool science stuff, i love it

[KillerKuerbis]

@eaturfeet653 why no americans are educated?

[eaturfeet653]

@KillerKuerbis i mean we are,i learn about this stuff in high school,but how it works and what its for.but not where it is,ya know?you mainly hear about fermilab and cern. if you dont plan on going into this field as a profession,you frankly just dont research it. thats why i watch this to learn new things, b/c it interests me, plus it all depends on your teacher, if your teacher wants to go on and on about car racing instead of teaching us what we need to know, then im screwed and this happens

[PissOutMyAssBarf]

@eaturfeet653

Oh come on, man. Even my garbage man knows all about particle physics and about many different accelerators as well. I mean, he's a filthy Mexican and even he knows more about this than you. Quit making us Americans look bad and start studying up on the location of all scientific things across the globe.

[KillerKuerbis]

@eaturfeet653 why no are americans educated?

[sun6021023]

Lewis Carroll and Alice. I guess that was on purpose, yea?

[2szymi]

i think that they make the names of these accelerators out and then think of what these can stand for :>

[abdulkarim47007]

wowwwww, today i had class in physics about cyclotron another type of particle accelerator.

[ctso74]

Great video! A picosecond is just plain awesome.

[gmtbrs]

Shit, I've lost my key. Sorry guys!

[AntiProtonBoy]

Must be an awesome job to have. Wish I was smart enough to do something like this...

[IEnumerable]

Four enter. Only two may emerge. bwaahaha

[kopaka649]

This is really cool. The top down maps look like they could be Doom levels.

[zebruh]

WOWWWW!!!!!

[Bobajobimus]

Thats some cool science.

[culwin]

Brady needs to come to America and film some science stuffs over here!!

[josephd183]

more light emitted by LONDON, in one trillionth of a second??? dont even tell me that humanity's grasp on technology isn't awesome.

[Draxis32]

6:00 "Watch Chemical bonds breaking...."

HA, my chemistry teacher always made that joke about "Have you ever seen a chemical reaction?" and everybody goes "Yeah" and he always says "Wrong! We detect and analyse a chemical reaction!"....Well, guess this joke days are preety much over.

[clodester]

It looked like the end result of a instructable....."How to make your own particle accelerator without the Swiss Country side".

[chemicalsymphony]

What type of power supply do they use?

[HWGuyEG]

@TheBrownGeorge

Unusually well spoken for a "nerd".

[isrealjason]

Lewis Carrol is awesome

[jeebersjumpincryst]

how can they be used for power generation? I feel like Im asking a dumb question, but I just cant see how...

That was such a good vid, well explained, and really good analogies and comparisons. How does its output intensity compare with that of the synchrotrons?

[waltoncats]

@jeebersjumpincryst Particle accelerators can be used to help drive the fission in a nuclear reactor. Protons strike a target and release neutrons, which top up those naturally flowing through a reactor. The reactor can then operate sub-critically, which is safer, and allows the use of hybrid fuels that also contain nuclear waste; the waste gets 'burned' (actually, transmuted) as the fuel is utilised, meaning that this kind of reactor produces a very small waste stream.

[jjkul1]

How would a particle accelerator be used for medical purposes, Brady? Thank you for the video.

[jeebersjumpincryst]

@jjkul1 tumor (as in Ca) treatment. they have already been in use for this for a long time.

[12thcenturyfox]

@jjkul1

Radiation therapy wherein cancercells are effectivyl bombarded by ions (up to carbon nuclei). neat thing is, that you can make them pass a distance through skin&tissue without reaction and deliver them at precise spots (so not harming healthy organs and stuff, See Bragg distribution or bragg peak).

GreaT Vid btw!

[jjkul1]

@12thcenturyfox Thank you, sir.

[waltoncats]

@jjkul1 Particle accelerators are already used to treat around half of all cancer patients using a technique called radiotherapy. Most current radiotherapy accelerators use electrons that strike a target and by doing so make gamma rays which are carefully directed at the tumour but not the surrounding healthy tissue. Proton therapy improves on this by using the 'depth-charge' way protons deliver their dose - most of a proton dose is delivered within the body rather than at the surface.

[Morrgore]

When they say "Used By Scientists" ...used for what?

[trespire]

Very well explained in layman terms.I think Briton can be proud of her scientists.

[KamenJesse]

New music for this series fits perfectly, cheers.

[Stringer85]

Looks expensive!

[arminask]

@Stringer85 its actually not that expensive, most of the equipment you see can be bought very cheap at car boot sales

[KutaPuta]

@BackstageScience he would have to be a total GEEK!!!! : )

one that is loved by all...

Keep up the good work mate!!!

I look forward to every video you do !!!!

you need to put all your work on a DVD or have it on PBS or what ever they have in the UK

you could be like Carl Sagan

[jamiehasnomercy]

keep pressing 5 for a tounging! interesting vid i like the way he only uses the words healthcare treatment and energy production nothing about weapons!

[Un5een]

this is so darn cool! i never thought something like this existed! awesome stuff guys! keep these vids coming!

[XenMonkey13]

Science rocks!!!



[teamforteress]

half life

[P00P0STER0US]

Nice, really neat to get the inside look at that, thank you.

[10mintwo]

Great channel, instant subscribe. Would love to see a backstage of JET or MAST!

[DeepAbsentia]

Funny, he remembers me a youger version of David Thewlis.

[x86cowboy]

very cool !

[beakz]

Just found a new use for my garage! This is great stuff, makes me wish I'd gone back to Uni years ago now.

[cavalcadefxt]

Great video !. Thank you.

[PandaBasher]

awesome video, very interesting!

[BackstageScience]

@PandaBasher thank you... still more to come from my day at ALICE and EMMA - it's a very cool place!

[peacepacifist2011]

@BackstageScience is it possible to make a particle decelerator?and what would happen if you made a particle accelerator in space ie is gravity in any way effecting results? great work and very intriguing it seems like one hell of a way to create and observe new particles

[spilarinn]

6:14 wow starteld me.

[bbqsauceonmycock]

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