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Record 1 1990-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

Impulse accelerators. Primarily for use in research on thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes, several high-intensity electron accelerators have been constructed. One type resembles a string of beads in which each bead is a torus of laminated iron and the string is the vacuum tube .... These accelerators produce beams with energies between 1 and 9 MeV .... The pulses are very brief, lasting about 50 nanoseconds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Accélérateur électrostatique dont la haute tension se présente sous forme d'une impulsion brève produite par charge en parallèle et décharge en série de condensateurs.

Spanish

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