synchrotron
noun
syn·chro·tron
ˈsiŋ-krə-ˌträn 
ˈsin-
1
: an apparatus for imparting very high speeds to charged particles by means of a combination of a high-frequency electric field and a low-frequency magnetic field
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The scroll was first x-rayed in a synchrotron machine in an Oxford laboratory.
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Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
An image of the scroll was created by X-ray scans at the Diamond Light Source, the U.K.’s national synchrotron science facility — synchrotron refers to a type of circular particle accelerator that can produce extremely bright beams of light, giving a non-invasive view of the scroll’s contents.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
At the Department of Energy (DOE), which runs 17 national laboratories and large facilities such as x-ray synchrotrons and neutron sources, managers often have enough reserve funding to continue operations for a short while.
—Bydavid Malakoff, science.org, 19 Dec. 2024
Goodrich and co get around this using a synchrotron to produce 10^11 X-ray photons per second and then bouncing them off a single crystal of diamond grown artificially.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
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Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
An image of the scroll was created by X-ray scans at the Diamond Light Source, the U.K.’s national synchrotron science facility — synchrotron refers to a type of circular particle accelerator that can produce extremely bright beams of light, giving a non-invasive view of the scroll’s contents.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
At the Department of Energy (DOE), which runs 17 national laboratories and large facilities such as x-ray synchrotrons and neutron sources, managers often have enough reserve funding to continue operations for a short while.
—Bydavid Malakoff, science.org, 19 Dec. 2024
Goodrich and co get around this using a synchrotron to produce 10^11 X-ray photons per second and then bouncing them off a single crystal of diamond grown artificially.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024
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synchrotron
noun
syn·chro·tron
ˈsiŋ-krə-ˌträn, ˈsin-
: an apparatus for imparting very high speeds to charged particles by means of a combination of a high-frequency electric field and a low-frequency magnetic field
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