In this video we go over the basics of what are particle accelerators, why they are built for, how physicist use them to probe and push the boundaries of quantum and particle physics, and how particle accelerators are able to generate tiny amounts of antimatter.

Link: https://youtu.be/VlOSGXU_fL4

Particle accelerators are massive underground facilities that accelerate beams of particles curved by magnetic fields until they collide inside of a detector, which is able to study and collect data from the high energy colliions.

The largest and most powerful current particle accelerator is the Large Hadron Collider operated by CERN, outside of Geneva, Switzerland. Previously it used to be the Tevatron operated by Fermilab in Illinois, USA.