linear accelerator

It’s not your local vet that has a $2 million linear accelerator that aims radiation at cancer tumors with pinpoint accuracy.

In an XFEL, a linear accelerator, or linac, shoots electrons through magnets that shake the particles sideways and make them emit x-rays.

In a free electron laser, a linear accelerator, or linac, shoots a beam of high-energy electrons into a string of complex magnets called undulators.

The original plan for the SNS called for a conventional linear accelerator made of copper accelerating cavities.

The $730 million linear accelerator can generate beams of any atomic nucleus from hydrogen to uranium.