Particle accelerators: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland is an example of a
A) linear accelerator.
B) cyclotron.
C) synchrotron.
D) None of the above

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The Large Hadron Collider is a synchrotron, which uses powerful magnets to bend and accelerate particles in circular paths. Linear accelerators use a straight path to accelerate particles and cyclotrons use a combination of magnetic and electric fields to accelerate particles in a spiral path.

Particle Accelerators: the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland