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How Particle Accelerators Work | Department of Energy

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A particle accelerator is a machine that accelerates elementary particles, such as electrons or protons, to very high energies. On a basic level, particle accelerators produce beams of charged particles that can be used for a variety of research purposes. There are two basic types of particle accelerators: … See more

Applications of particle accelerators in medicine

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The application of particle accelerators in medicine started with the discovery of X rays by W. Roentgen in 1895 and his immediate realisation that the novel type of …

Particle accelerator - Wikipedia

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Science | Particle Accelerators | Leading …

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Leading Accelerator Technology From blueprint to construction, Fermilab scientists and engineers develop particle accelerators to produce beams to take …

Particle Accelerators in Medicine | SpringerLink

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Many types of particle accelerator were built for nuclear physics and particle physics research and most of them have also found some use in medicine, mainly for …

BNL Accelerators | About Particle Accelerators

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Particle accelerators are essential tools of discovery for particle and nuclear physics and for sciences that use x-rays and neutrons. A particle accelerator is a machine that …

Particle Accelerators and Radiation …

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Particle Accelerators and Radiation Research Radiation Facts Some particle accelerators produce ionizing radiation, such as x-rays or neutrons. …

Accelerator Physics | Department of Physics - Cornell …

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CESR is just one step in the long line of Cornell particle accelerators that have made Cornell a historically rich, technologically advanced, and internationally acclaimed …

DOE Explains...Particle Accelerators | Department of …

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Particle accelerators are devices that speed up the particles that make up all matter in the universe and collide them together or into a target. This allows scientists to study those …

Special Purpose Particle Accelerators

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several types of accelerators in use today including: deuterium-tritium generators, Cockcroft-Walton accelerators, Van de Graaff accelerators, linear accelerators, and …