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How to wrangle a particle

01/07/16

By Katie Elyce Jones

Learn some particle accelerator basics from a Fermilab accelerator operator.

How do you keep a particle inside of an accelerator? Fermilab accelerator operator Cindy Joe explains.

Have a burning question about particle physics? Let us know via email or Twitter (using the hashtag #asksymmetry). We might answer you in a future video!

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