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Containing 153 entries, from "Accelerator" to "Z-factories," this encyclopedia makes a speciality of subatomic or particle physics. Articles speak about fresh idea, well-known scientists, significant laboratories, vital applied sciences, case reports of experiments, sorts of debris, and the effect of particle physics on society. A word list of significant phrases is usually incorporated. Annotation c2003 booklet information, Inc., Portland, OR"
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Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Two Arm Spectrometer Solenoid (DESY) TeV Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator (DESY) BUILDING BLOCKS OF MATTER TeV . . . . TRT . . . . VLHC . . . VLPC . . . W. . . . . tera electron volt Transition Radiation Tracker Very Large Hadron Collider (FNAL) Visible Light Photon Counter watt xxxi A ACCELERATOR Particle accelerators are scientific instruments used to accelerate elementary particles to very high energies. They are of paramount importance for the study of elementary particle physics because the fundamental structure of matter is most clearly revealed by observing reactions of elementary particles at the highest possible energies.
Figure 2 is a view inside the tunnel for the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR). e؉ e؊ Source of Particles Electrons are readily emitted from a heated metal, as in a TV picture tube. By contrast, positrons must first be created. This is done by bombarding a converter—a slab of heavy metal—with high-energy electrons from a linear accelerator (linac). Near the heavy nuclei of the converter a cascade of processes develops: electrons radiate some of their energy as photons, and photons, in turn, produce electronpositron pairs.
VLPC . . . W. . . . . tera electron volt Transition Radiation Tracker Very Large Hadron Collider (FNAL) Visible Light Photon Counter watt xxxi A ACCELERATOR Particle accelerators are scientific instruments used to accelerate elementary particles to very high energies. They are of paramount importance for the study of elementary particle physics because the fundamental structure of matter is most clearly revealed by observing reactions of elementary particles at the highest possible energies.