Question: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Chemistry in Everyday Life CERN Particle Accelerator Located near Geneva, the CERN ("Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire," or European Council for Nuclear Research) Laboratory is the world's premier center for the investigations of the fundamental particles that make up matter. It contains the 27-kilometer (17 mile) long, circular Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest particle accelerator in the world (Figure 21.13). In the LHC, particles are boosted to high energies and are then made to collide with each other or with stationary targets at nearly the speed of light. Superconducting electromagnets are used to produce a strong magnetic field that guides the particles around the ring. Specialized, purpose-built detectors observe and record the results of these collisions, which are then analyzed by CERN scientists using powerful computers. Q: The large hadron collider is the biggest type of what invention, which boosts particles to high energies? Choices: - electron microscope - mass spectrometer - nuclear reactor - particle accelerator A:
Answer:
particle accelerator