synchrotron
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Instead, we turned to synchrotron light, a powerful form of high-intensity x-rays produced at specialized particle accelerator facilities.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026
Diamond Light Source is a synchrotron, which fires electrons around a giant ring at nearly the speed of light.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Apart from PSI, such methods are available at only a few other synchrotron facilities in the world.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2025
Inside this huge machine, which is called a synchrotron, electrons are accelerated to almost the speed of light to produce a powerful X-ray beam that can probe the scroll without damaging it.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Lawrence’s careful groundwork with Groves bore fruit, for the general gave freely of the army’s surplus bounty, including the radar oscillators for Alvarez and a supply of capacitors for McMillan’s synchrotron, worth $203,000.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
