Accelerators

• Science: Physics: Nuclear: Facilities  (14)

Accelerateur Groningen-ORsay - AGOR :

- Provides a range of information on specifications, operating diagrams, and beams produced. Includes reports produced by the group, and related links.
Accelerator Form and Function :

- Explains what they are used for, the different types, and how they work. A virtual tour from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
AccelSoft Inc. :

- Markets and distributes software used for the design, simulation and performance analysis of particle accelerators. Includes product overviews, operating system information, and system requirements.
Collider-Accelerator Department :

- 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.
Cornell Electron Positron Storage Ring - CESR :

- 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.
Cyclotron Institute :

- 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.
Dortmund Electron Test Accelerator - DELTA :

- 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.
Electron Accelerator ELSA :

- ELSA Electron Stretcher and Accelerator, Physics Institute, Bonn University
How Do Physicists Study Particles? :

- Resource from CERN. Provides information on the basics of accelerators and detectors.
The Infancy of Particle Accelerators :

- Features the life and work of Rolf Wideröe authored by Pedro Waloschek. Full text with illustrations in HTML format.
ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source :

- 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.
JP Accelerator Works Inc :

- 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.
Lawrence and the Cyclotron :

- Biography of Ernest Orland Lawrence, from the AIP Center for History of Physics which describes Lawrence's development of the cyclotron.
MAX-lab, Lund University, Sweden :

- Electron accelerator laboratory for nuclear physics and synchrotron radiation research. Built around three storage rings and includes plan drawings, beamlines and machine status.
Particle Accelerator News :

- Summaries of the latest advances in accelerator physics from the American Institute of Physics. Updated weekly.
Particle Accelerators :

- Offers a brief history and basic descriptions of linear accelerators, cyclotrons, and synchrotrons. From the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Principles of Charged Particle Acceleration :

- Digital version of the book by Stanley Humphries, Jr. Available for free download in zip or pdf format.
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - SLAC :

- 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.
Superconducting Electron Linac - ELBE :

- Designed to produce quasi-continuous (cw) beams of high brilliance and low emittance. Includes facility layout and an overview of intended research projects.
Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator Facility :

- 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.
University of Maryland Electron Ring - UMER :

- 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.
U.S. Particle Accelerator School :

- Provides educational programs in the field of beams and their associated accelerator technologies. Includes programs, curriculum, and participating Universities.
World's Largest Particle Accelerator - CERN :

- Features an aerial view and a slide show of the facilities, an interactive tour of the accelerators, and the scientists and their ideas.