Particle accelerators

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Questions arise periodically on how accelerators work. Fermilab has some on-line notes.

Accelerator Details: The Proton Source: Cockcroft-Walton, Linac, Booster
http://www-bd.fnal.gov/public/proton.html

The Anti-proton Source: How anti-matter is made, Why use antiprotons? The Debuncher, The Accumulator
http://www-bd.fnal.gov/public/antiproton.html

The Main Injector and Recycler, How Synchrotrons Work
http://www-bd.fnal.gov/public/maininj.html
http://www-bd.fnal.gov/public/synchrotrons.html

The Tevatron
http://www-bd.fnal.gov/public/tevatron.html

http://www-fmi.fnal.gov/


CERN - LHC
http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Con...hatLHC-en.html

Accelerators: the ultimate microscope
http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Con...rators-en.html

How does an accelerator work?
http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Con...elWork-en.html