Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #linac4
Most recents (1)
12 years ago today on 10 September 2008, the world's largest particle accelerator, the #LHC, came online! In honour of this anniversary, today I present a thread of:
@MileyCyrus AS STAGES IN THE @CERN ACCELERATOR COMPLEX
It all starts with a simple bottle of hydrogen gas!
@MileyCyrus AS STAGES IN THE @CERN ACCELERATOR COMPLEX
It all starts with a simple bottle of hydrogen gas!
2) The 86 meter long #Linac4 is the first accelerator in the chain! It takes negative hydrogen ions (a hydrogen atom with an additional electron) from the source and accelerates them up to 160 MeV!
Linac4 will replace the old Linac2 from next year.
home.cern/science/accele…
Linac4 will replace the old Linac2 from next year.
home.cern/science/accele…
3) Just before entering the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB), the hydrogen ions are stripped of their two electrons, leaving just protons. Four superimposed synchrotron rings collect the protons and accelerate them to 2 GeV!
home.cern/science/accele…
home.cern/science/accele…
