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Photos: The forefront of particle physics

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  • DESY accelerator module

    DESY accelerator module

    The accelerator module at the TESLA Test Facility at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), in Hamburg, Germany. The module was specially illuminated for a showcase event called "Science Night," the first in Hamburg.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Fermilab's neutrino test

    Fermilab's neutrino test

    Scientist Ioanis Kourbanis checks a beam-focusing horn for the MiniBooNE experiment conducted by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab, near Chicago. The goal of the experiment is to determine how many types of neutrinos exist. Neutrinos are electrically neutral particles of very little mass that are created during nuclear reactions.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Cockcroft-Walton pre-accelerator

    Cockcroft-Walton pre-accelerator

    The Cockcroft-Walton pre-accelerator, where protons begin their journey through the Fermilab accelerator complex.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Medea detector

    Medea detector

    Detail of the Medea detector at South National Laboratories, in Catania, Italy. The Medea detector is used to measure gamma rays and particles produced by collisions between heavy ions. Detection of gamma rays and other extremely high-energy particles enables researchers to obtain information about the collision's first moments, in which nuclear matter reaches conditions of extremely high density and temperature.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • The synchrophasotron

    The synchrophasotron

    The synchrophasotron, a 10-billion-electrovolt (GeV) proton and light nuclei accelerator.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • scintillating fibers

    scintillating fibers

    The peculiarity of the scintillating fibers shown in this detector is that they emit light when charged particles pass through them, a characteristic that makes them useful as components in particle detectors. Italy's National Institute for Nuclear Physics (known as Infn) has developed an extremely advanced system of scintillating fibers in cooperation with the firm Pol.Hi.Tech., a specialist in nuclear-medicine equipment. Recently, scintillating fibers also have been used to make high-tech cloth for fashion clothing.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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By Bill Detwiler | July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT) | Topic: Tech Industry

  • DESY accelerator module
  • Fermilab's neutrino test
  • Cockcroft-Walton pre-accelerator
  • Medea detector
  • The synchrophasotron
  • scintillating fibers

A look at accelerators, solenoids and other devices used in particle and radiation research.

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Fermilab's neutrino test

Scientist Ioanis Kourbanis checks a beam-focusing horn for the MiniBooNE experiment conducted by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab, near Chicago. The goal of the experiment is to determine how many types of neutrinos exist. Neutrinos are electrically neutral particles of very little mass that are created during nuclear reactions.

Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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