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SUPERCOLLISIONNEUR [2 records]

Record 1 1995-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Atomic Physics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers
  • Physique atomique

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

... the Supercollider (SSC) ... will be able to isolate the top quark and prove or disprove the theories in Preons. The SSC is a particle accelerator, a device used to study particles that are too small to be seen. The completed machine will be a 57-mile-long loop along which particles will move at almost light speed, smash into each other and break up into their components.

Key term(s)
  • super conducting supercollider

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Accélérateur de particules utilisant les propriétés de la supraconductivité.

CONT

La raison essentielle est évidemment la charge financière que représente la construction du futur accélérateur de particules, le supercollisionneur supraconducteur (SSC); cette nouvelle machine dont le gouvernement a décidé la mise en chantier devrait coûter environ 4,5 milliards de dollars (dollars 1988).

OBS

Projet américain d'accélérateur de particules désigné aussi sous le nom de "supercollisionneur" seulement.

Spanish

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