Accelerator Science: Why RF?

Particle accelerators can fire beams of subatomic particles at near the speed of light.  The accelerating force is generated using radio frequency technology and a whole lot of interesting features.  In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln explains how it all works.

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