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From: "Ronn Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:44 AM
Subject: Re: Particle Accelerators
> At 02:20 AM 9/25/01, you wrote:
> >And just to bring up a topic *other* than current world events, how about
> >this:
> >
> >If anyone is informed and interested, I have been thinking lately about
> >particle accelerators. I know they are built to provide an
infrastructure
> >for various experiments in quantum physics, but beyond a basic
understanding
> >of subatomic phenomenon my knowledge on their true purpose is limited.
How
> >many are there in the U.S.? Where are they located?
> >
> >Just wondering ...
> >
> >T.Sands
>
>
> Total? Or just the big ones capable of doing cutting-edge research?
>
> For example, the university where I did my undergraduate work had between
> 3000 and 4000 total students (including graduate programs and the law
> school), and had a cyclotron and a van de Graaff generator, both of which
> were used for nuclear physics lab classes, research, and for producing
> isotopes used by local hospitals or other medical organizations. The
> "research," of course, did not involve looking for the Higgs particle ;-)
.
>
> You would get a similar answer if you asked how many observatories there
> are in the US: in addition to the big ones, many colleges have their
> own. (The university mentioned above had a 16" reflector mounted on the
> roof of the science building, for example.)
>
The hospital I work at has several accelerators used in cancer treatment I
suppose.
xponent
rob
