electrostatic accelerator
1electrostatic accelerator — elektrostatinis greitintuvas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. electrostatic accelerator vok. elektrostatischer Beschleuniger, m; Spannungsbeschleuniger, m rus. электростатический ускоритель, m pranc. accélérateur électrostatique, m …
2Accelerator mass spectrometry — Infobox chemical analysis name = Accelerator mass spectrometry caption =Accelerator mass spectrometer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory acronym = AMS classification =Mass spectrometry analytes = Organic molecules Biomolecules… …
3Accelerator 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… …
4Electrostatic ion thruster — The electrostatic ion thruster is a kind of design for ion thrusters (a kind of highly efficient low thrust spacecraft propulsion running on electrical power). These designs use high voltage electrodes in order to accelerate ions with… …
5accelerator — /ak sel euh ray teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that accelerates. 2. Auto. a device, usually operated by the foot, for controlling the speed of an engine. 3. Brit. any two or three wheeled motor vehicle, as a motorcycle or motor scooter. 4.… …
6Particle 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… …
7particle 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… …
8Linear 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… …
9Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System — The Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS) is a scientific user facility at Argonne National Laboratory. ATLAS is the first superconducting linear accelerator for heavy ions at energies in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier.The ATLAS… …
10linear accelerator — n. a high energy accelerator in which charged particles are given electrostatic acceleration in a straight line at periodic intervals as they pass between metal tubes along the flight path …
