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A machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies, collimate them in well-defined beams, and then collide them in order to induce interactions, decays, and creation of new particles. They are used for basic research in particle physics.
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Why can't a compact 10 MeV electrostatic particle accelerator not be built?
I've been thinking about this problem for a while, since I want to see if a compact accelerator driven nuclear reactor can be built for powering aircraft and rockets. The reaction I am considering for …
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Why is an electrostatic accelerator so inefficient at converting wall power to beam power?
I was reading up on electrostatic particle accelerators when I read a statistic stating the efficiency of converting wall electrical power (the electrical power from the outlet) into beam power in an …
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Why can't electrostatically accelerated deuterium beams neutralized by electrons produce net... [duplicate]
I was looking through the various nuclear fusion approaches and it struck me that they all suffered from one of two problems. Either they wasted a lot of energy trying to accelerate fusion fuel to the …
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Why would an alpha-beryllium neutron source generating a radioisotope not produce controllab...
I have a question. I was looking through the table of nuclides and noticed that the energy needed to produce certain radioisotopes was less than the energy given off by the radioactive decay of that i …
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