high-voltage dc-accelerator

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• high-voltage accelerator — aukštosios įtampos greitintuvas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. high voltage accelerator vok. Hochspannungsbeschleuniger, m rus. высоковольтный ускоритель, m pranc. accélérateur à haute tension, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• mega-voltage linear accelerator — MeV linear accelerator. A machine that uses electricity to form a stream of fast moving subatomic particles. This creates high energy radiation that may be used to treat cancer. Also called MeV linear accelerator, linear accelerator, and linac …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Voltage multiplier — Villard cascade voltage multiplier. A voltage multiplier is an electrical circuit that converts AC electrical power from a lower voltage to a higher DC voltage, typically by means of a network of capacitors and diodes. Voltage multipliers can be… …   Wikipedia

• Voltage doubler — A voltage doubler is an electronic circuit which charges capacitors from the input voltage and switches these charges in such a way that, in the ideal case, exactly twice the voltage is produced at the output as at its input. The simplest of… …   Wikipedia

• high-energy — adjective 1. of or relating to elementary particles having energies of hundreds of thousands of electron volts • Pertains to noun: ↑energy 2. providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction • Similar to:… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• voltage multiplier — noun : an accelerator in which particles (as protons) are propelled by means of high voltages produced by capacitors in series with each capacitor charged to a higher potential than the preceding one …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 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… …   Wikipedia

• Cockcroft and Walton accelerator — noun a high voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube • Syn: ↑Cockcroft Walton accelerator, ↑Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, ↑Cockcroft Walton voltage… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier — noun a high voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube • Syn: ↑Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, ↑Cockcroft Walton accelerator, ↑Cockcroft Walton voltage… …   Useful english dictionary