the augmented reality particle accelerator

the ALICE particle accelerator at Daresbury Laboratory, UK.

 Welcome to acceleratAR the augmented reality particle accelerator! At the Cockcroft Institute, we are working hard to design and build the next generation of particle accelerators for applications including medicine and high energy physics. Using augmented reality, you will soon be able to experiment with the ways in which charged particles move through electromagnetic fields from the comfort of your own home, school or favourite coffee shop as you build your own acceleratAR!
In a real accelerator, particles gain energy as they pass through rf cavities, are steered by dipole magnets and are focused by quadrupole magnets. Within acceleratAR, each of these components are represented by paper cubes (download yours from our cubes page). Build up your own accelerator by placing the cubes on a tabletop, and then bring it to life using the acceleratAR app! At the heart of acceleratAR are some of the same mathematical tools that we use when designing and optimising real accelerators! Our app will be available to download in the near future from the Google Play Store, and then later at the iOS app store.

Check out out our preview video, and come back soon to download your own set of components and our mobile app.

 

the VELA particle accelerator at Daresbury Laboratory, UK.

Want to play?

               You're going to need cubes!

Click here to download your cubes :-)

acceleratAR would not have been the same without:

Dr Chris Edmonds (University of Liverpool) - who really wanted to build an augmented reality particle accelerator.

Chris' research has focussed on novel accelerator designs for cancer therapy and electron machines. Chris is a member of the QUASAR group, and is investigating teaching innovation for Liverpool's Department of Physics.

 

Prof Andy Wolski (University of Liverpool)

Dr Rob Appleby (University of Manchester)

Dr Lee Jones (ASTeC)

Dr Alex Alexandrova (University of Liverpool)

Alex Herrod (University of Liverpool)

More names and information following shortly...

But in the meantime, we cannot go without thanking the 2000+ people who tested our software as part of Cockcroft Institute and University of Liverpool public engagement initiatives!

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Created by scientists at the Cockcroft Institute and University of Liverpool. We hope that you enjoy acceleratAR!

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