Meaning | A scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles. |
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Synonyms | accelerator, particle accelerator |
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Parts | storage ring | container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used |
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Narrower | Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier | A high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube |
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betatron, induction accelerator | accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux |
charge-exchange accelerator | An accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange |
collider | An accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on |
cyclotron | An accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles |
linear accelerator, linac | ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path |
Broader | scientific instrument | An instrument used by scientists |
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Spanish | acelerador de partículas, acelerador |
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Catalan | accelerador de partícules, accelerador |
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