plasma accelerator

English

Noun

plasma accelerator (plural plasma accelerators)

1. (physics) A particle accelerator that uses plasma as the medium of the accelerating field instead of a vacuum, to obtain a larger accelerating gradient.

Related terms

• plasma acceleration
• laser-plasma accelerator

Translations

particle accelerator

German: Kielfeld-Beschleuniger m Japanese: プラズマ加速器 (purazuma kasokuki) Russian: кильва́терный ускори́тель m (kilʹváternyj uskorítelʹ), пла́зменный ускори́тель m (plázmennyj uskorítelʹ)