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Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility

accelerators, Newport News, Virginia, United States

Also known as: CEBAF

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In particle accelerator: Linear electron accelerators
…to good effect at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) in Newport News, Va. This consists of two 250-metre (820-foot) linear accelerators joined at each end by semicircular arcs to form an oval “racetrack.” Electrons are injected at 45 MeV and can be accelerated to energies of 4 GeV…
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