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ELECTRON-POSITRON STORAGE RING [1 record]

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Record 1 1990-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

... a ring of bending and focusing magnets enclosing a doughnut-shaped vacuum chamber in which counterrotating beams of e+ and e- are stored for periods of several hours. The two beams are made to collide with each other about 106 times per second in straight interaction sections of the vacuum chamber.

OBS

Many storage rings have been constructed to study the interactions of electrons with positrons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Anneau de stockage favorisant les collisions entre électrons et positons.

OBS

On parle de positons ou de positrons.

OBS

anneau de stockage : Chambre torique vidée, utilisée avec certains synchrotrons pour garder des particules en circulation sur une orbite stable, jusqu'à leur utilisation.

Key term(s)
  • anneau de stockage électrons-positrons

Spanish

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