accelerator target

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• 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

• Accelerator operator — An accelerator operator controls the operation of a particle accelerator used in research experiments, reviews an experiment schedule to determine experiment parameters specified by an experimenter (physicist), adjust particle beam parameters… …   Wikipedia

• accelerator — 1. Anything that increases rapidity of action or function. 2. In physiology, a nerve, muscle, or substance that quickens movement or response. 3. A catalytic agent used to hasten a chemical …   Medical dictionary

• accelerator —   n. in nuclear physics, a device producing a stream of high energy particles and focusing them on a target atom …   Dictionary of difficult words

• 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 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

• Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility — jlab redirects here. For the numerical computation software by the same name, see JLab. Coordinates: 37°05′41″N 76°28′54″W / 37.09472°N 76.48167°W …   Wikipedia

• Dielectric wall accelerator — The Dielectric Wall Accelerator (DWA) is a new compact particle accelerator designed at the Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS), managed Lawrence Livermore National Lab LLNL, a DOE National lab. It has been turned over to the UC… …   Wikipedia

• Hadron Electron Ring Accelerator — Monochromator für Synchrotronstrahlung (Vordergrund) und Blasenkammer (Hintergrund) vom Teilchenbeschleuniger DESY …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• colliding beam accelerator — Particle accelerator Par ti*cle ac*cel er*a*tor, n. (Physics) A large and expensive scientific instrument used by physicists to accelerate elementary particles (such as protons or electrons) to speeds near that of light, for the purpose of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English