(CERN). It can accelerate beams of protons to an energy of 7 teraelectronvolts (TeV or 10¹² eV).

Types

Large synchrotrons usually have a linear accelerator (linac) to give the particles an initial acceleration, and a lower energy synchrotron which is sometimes called a booster to increase the energy of the particles before they are injected into the high energy synchrotron ring. Several specialized types of synchrotron machines are

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