linear accelerator
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The team produced the arsenic-73 using FRIB's ReA accelerator, which they operated in a standalone configuration rather than relying on the main linear accelerator.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
It’s not your local vet that has a $2 million linear accelerator that aims radiation at cancer tumors with pinpoint accuracy.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
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.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 18, 2023
I had to lie down with a linear accelerator, so I got a lot of chances to read.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2019
McMillan’s synchrotron and Alvarez’s linear accelerator were under construction.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
