storage ring

American  

noun

Physics.

1. a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.

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Etymology

Origin of storage ring

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

To measure the muon’s magnetic moment, physicists at the Muon g−2 experiment begin by funneling a beam of muons into a storage ring around the 50-foot magnet.

From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2023

Germany donated a big-ticket component: the injector that sends particles into the main storage ring.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 28, 2016

Engineers pump replacements into the synchrotron's storage ring to maintain the beams through the night.

From Nature • Mar. 28, 2016

Physicists and engineers had planned to begin moving the experiment's delicate storage ring by truck and barge this weekend, but the move has been delayed by 1 week due to inclement weather in New York.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 14, 2013

O'Neill has impressive credentials, among them his conception of the colliding-beam storage ring principle, which has been used in the design of some of the world's most powerful particle accelerators.

From Time Magazine Archive