Brazil built a large particle accelerator with a football field

The Sirius particle accelerator can accelerate the electron beam as thin as 1/35 times the length of the hair to the speed of approaching the speed of light.

Brazilian President Michel Temer on November 14 officially started construction of a particle accelerator the same size as the Maracana stadium in Campinas, about 90km from Sao Paulo, reported. The project is expected to help Brazil achieve achievements and breakthrough progress in many important areas such as energy, electronics, and the environment.

Sirius particle accelerator is as wide as Maracana stadium.(Photo: Japan Times).

The particle accelerator, called Sirius , has an estimated construction cost of up to $ 447 million. The machine is designed in a circular shape with a circumference of 518m. The accelerated particle velocity Synchrotron allows Sirius to accelerate electron beams (as thin as 1 / 35th of a hair strand) to the speed of approaching the speed of light inside vacuum tunnels, with the help of electromagnets. large capacity.

Sirius has the ability to produce light of synchroton, a source of electromagnetic radiation, with such intensity that it can reveal the particle structure of both organic and inorganic materials such as proteins, viruses, stones or alloys. High resolution. According to G1 News, the machine could shorten the research that with current technology takes 10 hours to complete to just 10 seconds.

"People always say Brazil is a country of the future. But with this project, I want to say the future has come," Temer stressed in a statement. Sirius particle accelerator is expected to be completed and put into operation in 2021.