Voltage multiplier — Villard cascade voltage multiplier. A voltage multiplier is an electrical circuit that converts AC electrical power from a lower voltage to a higher DC voltage, typically by means of a network of capacitors and diodes. Voltage multipliers can be… … Wikipedia
Voltage doubler — A voltage doubler is an electronic circuit which charges capacitors from the input voltage and switches these charges in such a way that, in the ideal case, exactly twice the voltage is produced at the output as at its input. The simplest of… … Wikipedia
high-energy — adjective 1. of or relating to elementary particles having energies of hundreds of thousands of electron volts • Pertains to noun: ↑energy 2. providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction • Similar to:… … Useful english dictionary
particle accelerator — accelerator (def. 7). [1945 50] * * * Device that accelerates a beam of fast moving, electrically charged atoms (ions) or subatomic particles. Accelerators are used to study the structure of atomic nuclei (see atom) and the nature of subatomic… … Universalium
voltage multiplier — noun : an accelerator in which particles (as protons) are propelled by means of high voltages produced by capacitors in series with each capacitor charged to a higher potential than the preceding one … Useful english dictionary
Particle accelerator — Atom smasher redirects here. For other uses, see Atom smasher (disambiguation). A 1960s single stage 2 MeV linear Van de Graaff accelerator, here opened for maintenance A particle accelerator[1] is a device that uses electromagnetic fields to… … Wikipedia
Linear particle accelerator — A linear particle accelerator (also called a linac) is an electrical device for the acceleration of subatomic particles. This sort of particle accelerator has many applications, from the generation of X rays in a hospital environment, to an… … Wikipedia
Cockcroft and Walton accelerator — noun a high voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube • Syn: ↑Cockcroft Walton accelerator, ↑Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, ↑Cockcroft Walton voltage… … Useful english dictionary
Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier — noun a high voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube • Syn: ↑Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, ↑Cockcroft Walton accelerator, ↑Cockcroft Walton voltage… … Useful english dictionary
Cockcroft-Walton accelerator — noun a high voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube • Syn: ↑Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, ↑Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, ↑Cockcroft Walton… … Useful english dictionary