A synchrotron is a particle accelerator that fires electrons into a massive ring shaped tunnel in order to generate X-rays (as opposed to SLAC's more famous linear particle accelerator, the two ...

The first linear particle accelerator was devised in 1924 by Swedish accelerator physicist Gustaf Ising and would be built by Norwegian engineer Rolf Wideröe in 1928.

The APS facility at Argonne National Lab is donut-shaped, with beams of electrons shot out from a linear particle accelerator in the center. The beams are then bent by magnets to travel in circles ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – Los Alamos National Laboratory is celebrating 50 years of its globally sought-after linear particle accelerator. Scientists use the accelerator to study the ...

The linear resonance accelerator, developed by E.O. Lawrence and colleagues during the 1930’s, was one of the earliest designs for attaining high particle energy without the requirement of ...

Abstract Particle accelerators driven by laser-generated terahertz (THz) pulses promise unprecedented control over the energy–time phase space of particle bunches compared with conventional ...

Imagine a car that accelerates from zero to 60 in 250 feet, and then rockets to 120 miles per hour in just one more inch. That's essentially what a collaboration of more than a dozen accelerator ...

All of the world's major particle accelerators, including the LHC and Tevatron, are circular accelerators -- which is why the International Linear Collider is so interesting.

Particle accelerators use electric fields to propel a beam of charged particles. Physicists use electromagnets to steer the particles along either a linear or a circular path.

Here’s how it works. A new particle accelerator at Michigan State University is set to discover thousands of never-before-seen isotopes. (Image credit: Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, CC BY-ND) ...