SZG Tevatron: An Accelerator Attempt
Objective
My project will be a particle accelerator model based on a previously existing dynamical system RTICA written in c++. I mean for it to be a specific model of the Tevatron at Fermilab. Therefore it will collide proton antiproton pairs at energies on the order of 980 GeV each. The collisions will be slowed down so that they are discernible. The resultant particles will have a tail that will have a preset finite length and will be shown for several seconds, before the next collision begins. The collision area will be navigable and bounded as if it were in an actual collision chamber. They resultant particles will also be color coded and scaled to be visible.
Background
The Tevatron is a superconducting synchrotron. It has one linear accelerator and three rings to accelerate particles at each other to a combined 1.96 TeV which for particles of this mass means velocities that are approximately 99% of the speed of light. These energies are necessary to discover electroweak unification and also for exploring the realm of quarks, muons and gluons. These particles are identified after a collision by the unique paths that they make in a magnetic field.
Method
As mentioned, we will use an already working program as a base and add the new rules in. We will build in the forces in action and read initial conditions in from a file. Each particle will have their own properties which will determine their behavior post collision.
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