collider

British  

/ kəˈlaɪdə /

noun

1. physics a particle accelerator in which beams of particles are made to collide

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Example Sentences

By using the molecular environment as a microscopic stand-in for a particle collider, they confined the radium atom's electrons and increased the likelihood that some would briefly pass through the nucleus.

From Science Daily

But so far, none of them have collided with dark matter, said Dr. Abigail Kopec, an Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, who works with the collider’s data.

From Salon

In its ability to blast out massive new particles, it should rival a more conventional proton collider running at an energy 10 times as high.

From Science Magazine

In particle colliders that reveal the hidden secrets of the tiniest constituents of our universe, minute particles leave behind extremely faint electrical traces when they are generated in enormous collisions.

From Science Daily

However, the science that the future collider could generate remains largely unknown.

From Seattle Times