Having pioneered the technology of linear colliders and accelerators, U.S. physicists are planning with their colleagues a powerful new instrument that will provide a frontier facility for basic research on elementary particles. Stretching some 20 miles, it will smash electrons into their antimatter counterparts, creating exotic new particles from pure energy. Scientists expect research at this facility to answer fundamental questions about the behavior of matter and the origins of the Universe. Learn about the components that make up this complex system.
Detectors tell physicists just what new particles have been formed from beam collisions.
See how test facilities are used to resolve some of the technical challenges faced by NLC designers. For more details, the NLC Technical Program is available in pdf format . To learn more about high-energy physics Learn about accelerators and the fundamentals of particle physics in SLAC's Virtual Visitor Center . Most support for high-energy research programs in the U.S. comes from the U.S. Department of Energy , Office of High Energy Physics.