In quantum physics, large particle accelerators, often several miles in circumference, are used to conduct experiments in studying the structure and nature of atoms. These experiments accelerate atomic structures at great velocities approaching the speed of light, and create collisions which smash them apart in order to discover what atoms are composed of and how they behave. There is a Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland and one in California as well as thousands of others throughout the world.

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