THE CODE OF THE UNIVERSE
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Accelerating particles
Photo: Production of a superconducting thin film on a copper substrate enables the production of inexpensive high-power resonators. The technology finds applications wherever expensive materials are thinly applied and cost-effectively used for high-performance products.
Credits: Lois Lamerhuber
The high frequency system is the heart of every particle accelerator. It accelerates the particles as they pass through resonators. Ongoing research focuses on automating these elements, to use cheap materials and to develop efficient high-frequency amplifiers that can be used in the car and air industry, metallurgy and in mechanical engineering. More efficient RF cavities can be used for medical accelerators as well as help to reduce power consumption in communication technologies.