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On the last image on the last page there's image of some copper devices with a description: > These strange copper devices help take electric energy and conver
by takeda 12y ago
On the last image on the last page there's image of some copper devices with a description:
> These strange copper devices help take electric energy and convert it into kinetic energy of particles.
Pardon my ignorance, but isn't that just a fancy way of saying that it is a motor or some kind of pump?
- jasmcole 12y agoThose are radio frequency cavities which accelerate the protons. A standing electromagnetic wave is formed which oscillates at just the right frequency so that the bunches are always accelerated as they pass from one section to the next.
- stox 12y agoThose are resonant cavities, the RF pushes the particles.