electromagnetic accelerator

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• 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

• Electromagnetic projectile devices (fiction) — Electromagnetic projectile devices which use electromagnetic means to accelerate solid materials, such as Kinetic energy weaponry, Gauss guns, Mass drivers or Railguns are often used in fiction, especially science fiction.Realism of… …   Wikipedia

• electromagnetic radiation — Physics. radiation consisting of electromagnetic waves, including radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x rays, and gamma rays. [1950 55] * * * Energy propagated through free space or through a material medium in the form of… …   Universalium

• accelerator — /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.… …   Universalium

• 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

• 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

• linear accelerator — Physics. an accelerator in which particles are propelled in straight paths by the use of alternating electric voltages that are timed in such a way that the particles receive increasing increments of energy. Also called linac. [1930 35] * * * or… …   Universalium

• Railgun Accelerator —    A projectile accelerator which accelerates an object using electromagnetic forces which are created when the object completes an electrical circuit between two conducting rails connected to a source of high current. In English, this means that …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

• KEKB (accelerator) — KEKB is the name of a particle accelerator used in the Belle experiment to study CP violation. It is called a B factory for its copious production of B mesons which provide a golden mode to study and measure the CP violation due to its property… …   Wikipedia

• linear accelerator — n an accelerator in which particles are propelled in a straight line and receive successive increments of energy through the application of alternating potentials to a series of electrodes and gaps * * * (linac) a machine that accelerates… …   Medical dictionary

• Magnetic accelerator gun — Often in science fiction, a magnetic accelerator gun (MAG) is a general term for any weapon that converts magnetic energy, rather than the more conventional chemical energy, into kinetic energy for a projectile. Variations include but are not… …   Wikipedia