Team develops particle accelerator boosting technique

Team develops particle accelerator boosting technique

TSUKUBA, Japan - Ken Takayama, a professor at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, stands by equipment he and his team members have developed to dramatically boost the performance of synchrotrons, circular particle accelerators used in experiments to find out more about subatomic particles. (Kyodo)

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