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Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - SLAC - http://www.slac.stanford.edu/
Design, construct and operate electron accelerators and related experimental facilities for use in high-energy physics and synchrotron radiation research. Includes publications, education, and facility tours. |
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U.S. Particle Accelerator School - http://uspas.fnal.gov/
Provides educational programs in the field of beams and their associated accelerator technologies. Includes programs, curriculum, and participating Universities. |
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MAX-lab, Lund University, Sweden - http://www.maxlab.lu.se/
Electron accelerator laboratory for nuclear physics and synchrotron radiation research. Built around three storage rings and includes plan drawings, beamlines and machine status. |
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Cyclotron Institute - http://cyclotron.tamu.edu/
Conduct basic research and educate students in accelerater based science and technology. Features a range of data and diagrams on the K500 cyclotron facility, publications, and research. |
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Physics News Update - http://www.aip.org/pnu/
Summaries of the latest advances in accelerator physics from the American Institute of Physics. |
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World's Largest Particle Accelerator - CERN - http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/cern/
Features an aerial view and a slide show of the facilities, an interactive tour of the accelerators, and the scientists and their ideas. |
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ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source - http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/
Supports an international community of scientists who use neutrons and muons for research. Includes an image gallery, information on the accelerator and target, and machine status. |
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Accelerator Form and Function - http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/accelerator.html
Explains what they are used for, the different types, and how they work. A virtual tour from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. |
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Collider-Accelerator Department - http://www.bnl.gov/cad/
Responsible for the operation of a suite of accelerators used for experiments by Brookhaven National Laboratory. Features links to the individual accelerators with diagrams, photographs, and tours. |
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Lawrence and the Cyclotron - http://www.aip.org/history/lawrence/
Biography of Ernest Orland Lawrence, from the AIP Center for History of Physics which describes Lawrence's development of the cyclotron. |
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Superconducting Electron Linac - ELBE - http://www.fz-rossendorf.de/ELBE/
Designed to produce quasi-continuous (cw) beams of high brilliance and low emittance. Includes facility layout and an overview of intended research projects. |
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Cornell Electron Positron Storage Ring - CESR - http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/public/lab-info/cesr.html
Electron-positron collider with a circumference of 768 meters. Features information on the accelerator, synchrotron, and storage ring. Includes operation methods, diagrams and MPEG clips. |
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Dortmund Electron Test Accelerator - DELTA - http://www.delta.uni-dortmund.de/
Provides a range of information on the facility at the University of Dortmund. Includes data on the superconducting asymmetric wiggler and the first free electron laser experiment. |
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Electron Accelerator ELSA - http://www-elsa.physik.uni-bonn.de/index_en.html
ELSA Electron Stretcher and Accelerator, Physics Institute, Bonn University |
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Principles of Charged Particle Acceleration - http://www.fieldp.com/cpa.html
Digital version of the book by Stanley Humphries, Jr. Available for free download in zip or pdf format. |
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Argonne Wakefield Accelerator: AWA - http://www.hep.anl.gov/awa/
Features an overview and plans of the facilities including linac, elecron gun, and control system. Includes publication archives and an animation of the dielectric transformer. |
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University of Maryland Electron Ring - http://www.umer.umd.edu
UMER is a world-class research facility in beam and accelerator physics at the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics. A scaled low-energy electron beam is used at a much lower cost than larger and more energetic machines. |
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University of Maryland Electron Ring - UMER - http://www.ireap.umd.edu/ebte/ring/
Designed to investigate the physics of highly space-charge-dominated beams transported in a circular lattice. Features project overview, visitors guide, design, publications, and technical notes. |
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Accelerateur Groningen-ORsay - AGOR - http://www.kvi.nl/~agorcalc/agorhome.htm
Provides a range of information on specifications, operating diagrams, and beams produced. Includes reports produced by the group, and related links. |
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AccelSoft Inc. - http://www.ghga.com/accelsoft/
Markets and distributes software used for the design, simulation and performance analysis of particle accelerators. Includes product overviews, operating system information, and system requirements. |
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Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator Facility - http://tvdg10.phy.bnl.gov/index.html
Heavy ion accelerator providing a range of ion species for cosmic ray simulation, single event upset testing and ion irradiation and implantation. Includes examples of the type of work that is done at the facility. |
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The Infancy of Particle Accelerators - http://www-library.desy.de/elbooks/wideroe/WiE-BOOK.htm
Features the life and work of Rolf Wideröe authored by Pedro Waloschek. Full text with illustrations in HTML format. |
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JP Accelerator Works Inc - http://www.jpaw.com/
Design, develop and service linear accelerators and their associated technology. Includes an overview of products and services, links to affiliated companies, and a section on how linear accelerators work. |
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Particle Accelerators - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A305407
Offers a brief history and basic descriptions of linear accelerators, cyclotrons, and synchrotrons. From the British Broadcasting Corporation. |
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How Do Physicists Study Particles? - http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Content/Chapters/AboutCERN/HowStudyPrtcles/HowStudyPrtcles-en.html
Resource from CERN. Provides information on the basics of accelerators and detectors. |