laboratory of linear accelerators
1Linear 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… …
2International Linear Collider — The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a proposed linear particle accelerator. It is planned to have a collision energy of 500 GeV initially, and, if approved after the project has published its Technical Design Report, planned for 2012,… …
3Stanford Linear Accelerator Center — The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. The SLAC research… …
4Rutherford Appleton Laboratory — Information: Established: 1957 City/Location: Chilton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Type: applied …
5SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory — SLAC redirects here. For other uses, see SLAC (disambiguation). SLAC at Stanford University The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,[1] …
6Argonne National Laboratory — Established 1946 Research Type Research Field of Research Physical science Life …
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… …
8Particle 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… …
9CERN — 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 …
10DESY — 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 …
