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linear collider

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noun

  1. physics a particle accelerator in which two beams of particles are made to collide

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Dr Lockyer said there were currently discussions over a new electron-positron collider in China, and a linear collider that could function as a Higgs factory in Japan.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2018

Both the linear collider and rapid-fire FELs would need thousands, if not millions, of shots per second, well beyond current technology.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 24, 2018

John Ellis, a theorist at King’s College London and CERN, maintains that only when operating at around 1,000 GeV will a linear collider provide “a more complete picture of the Higgs”.

From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2017

Many believe accelerator physics still has an important role to play, such as with a linear collider that will by necessity be a worldwide effort.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 15, 2013

Scientists are now looking to the years after 2014 when the power of the circular collider is doubled, and even beyond to the construction of a yet only conceptual huge linear collider, possibly in Japan.

From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2012

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