Accelerator physics — deals with the problems of building and operating particle accelerators.The experiments conducted with particle accelerators are not regarded as part of accelerator physics. These belong (according to the objectives of the experiments) to… … Wikipedia
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
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
Large Hadron Collider-The World's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator — ▪ 2009 On Sept. 10, 2008, scientists of the European Organization for Nuclear Research ( CERN), Geneva, ran the first test operation of what had been described as the largest machine and the most ambitious scientific experiment ever built… … Universalium
Fermilab — Established November 21, 1967 (as National Accelerator Laboratory) Research Type Nuclear Field of Research Parti … Wikipedia
CERN — For the company with the ticker symbol CERN, see Cerner. For the rocket nozzle, see SERN. Coordinates: 46°14′03″N 6°03′10″E / 46.23417°N 6.05278°E … Wikipedia
DESY — Sign at the entrance of DESY in Hamburg. The DESY (Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, German Electron Synchrotron ) is the biggest German research center for particle physics, with sites in Hamburg and Zeuthen. DESY s main purposes are fundamental … Wikipedia
subatomic particle — or elementary particle Any of various self contained units of matter or energy. Discovery of the electron in 1897 and of the atomic nucleus in 1911 established that the atom is actually a composite of a cloud of electrons surrounding a tiny but… … Universalium
Proton Synchrotron — The Proton Synchrotron (PS) is the first major particle accelerator at CERN, built as a 28 GeV proton accelerator in the late 1950 s and put into operation in 1959. It takes the protons from the Proton Synchrotron Booster at a kinetic energy of 1 … Wikipedia
Proton Synchrotron Booster — The Proton Synchrotron Booster is the first and smallest proton circular accelerator in the CERN Large Hadron Collider injection complex. [http://ps div.web.cern.ch/ps div/LHC PS/LHC PS.html] Accelerator built in 1972. It takes 50 MeV protons… … Wikipedia