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

From Science Magazine • Sep. 20, 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

As for Alvarez’s linear accelerator, Lawrence did not even submit an estimate—the device was too novel even to calculate a rough construction budget.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik