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Elementary-Particle Physics (1986) / Chapter Skim
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Glossary
Pages 213-222

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From page 213...
... AGS. The Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, a 33-GeV proton accelerator at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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From page 214...
... A particle detector in which the paths of charged particles are revealed by a trail of bubbles produced by the particles as they traverse a superheated liquid. Hydrogen, deuterium, helium, neon, propane, and Freon liquids have been used for this purpose.
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From page 215...
... A particle detector in which the paths of charged particles produce tracks of ionized gas. Electrical signals from those tracks are detected and recorded, allowing the reconstruction of the particle paths.
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From page 216...
... A unit of energy equal to one billion (109) electron volts.
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From page 217...
... LAMPF. An 800-MeV linear proton accelerator at Los Alamos National Laboratory, used for nuclear and elementary-particle physiCS.
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From page 218...
... A unit of energy equal to one million electron volts. Molec'`le.
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From page 219...
... PS. A circular proton accelerator with a maximum energy of 28 GeV at CERN, Switzerland.
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From page 220...
... A property of some metals that when they are cooled to a temperature close to absolute zero, their electrical resistance becomes exactly zero. Magnets with superconducting coils can produce large magnetic fields while keeping size and power costs small.
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From page 221...
... Synchrotron radiation. intense light or x rays emitted when electrons move in a circular orbit at relativistic speeds.
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From page 222...
... Photons produced when atoms in states of high energy decay to states of lower energy.
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Key Terms

  • familiar ones
  • electric charge
  • strong force
  • distinguishing characteristic
  • including familiar

  • charged particle
  • particle detector
  • brookhaven national
  • proton accelerator
  • circular proton

  • charged particles
  • weak force
  • symmetry principle
  • rays emitted
  • gev located

  • interacting mesons
  • force acts
  • energy states
  • fifth type
  • proposed theory

  • bubbles produced
  • family includes
  • gradient synchrotron
  • charm quark
  • energy resides

  • superconducting magnets
  • particles composed
  • berkeley laboratory
  • circular orbit
  • european center


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