teraelectron volt
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Téraélectron-volt — Électron volt En physique, l électronvolt (symbole eV) est une unité de mesure d énergie. Sa valeur est définie comme étant l énergie cinétique d un électron accéléré depuis le repos par une différence de potentiel d un volt. Un électron volt est … Wikipédia en Français
synchrotron — /sing kreuh tron /, n. Physics. a type of cyclotron consisting of magnetic sections alternately spaced with sections in which particles are electrostatically accelerated. [1945 50; SYNCHRO + TRON] * * * Cyclic particle accelerator in which the… … Universalium
Higgs particle — or Higgs boson Carrier of an all pervading fundamental field (Higgs field) that is hypothesized as a means of endowing mass on some elementary particles through its interactions with them. It was named for Peter W. Higgs born 1929 of the… … Universalium
particle accelerator — accelerator (def. 7). [1945 50] * * * Device that accelerates a beam of fast moving, electrically charged atoms (ions) or subatomic particles. Accelerators are used to study the structure of atomic nuclei (see atom) and the nature of subatomic… … Universalium
subatomic particle — or elementary particle Any of various self contained units of matter or energy. Discovery of the electron in 1897 and of the atomic nucleus in 1911 established that the atom is actually a composite of a cloud of electrons surrounding a tiny but… … Universalium
CERN — European Laboratory for Particle Physics; formerly called European Organization for Nuclear Research: an international research organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. [ < F, for C(onseil) e(uropéen pour la) r(echerche) n(ucléaire)] * * * in… … Universalium
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory — ▪ laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, United States also called Fermilab U.S. national particle accelerator (particle accelerator) laboratory and centre for particle physics (physics) research, located in Batavia, Illinois, about 43 km (27… … Universalium