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Supercollider

/ˈsupɚkəlaɪdɚ/

A high-energy particle accelerator.

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    A high-energy particle accelerator.

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collidernoun(physics) Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
supercollisionnoun(physics) The kind of high-energy collision that occurs in a supercollider.
supercompositenounAn amalgam of composites; a combination of elements that are themselves combinations.
supercollimationnoun(physics) The focusing of radiation into a finite-width beam that shows very little diffraction.
superspinnoun(physics) A form of spin associated with supersymmetry.
supercurrentnoun(physics) The current flowing through a superconductor.
superparticlenoun(physics) Any particle that is a superpartner of another.
acceleratornoun(vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
supercritical massnoun(physics) A mass of fissile material that is more than sufficient to sustain a nuclear chain reaction.
collimatornoun(physics) An optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser beam divergence.
particle acceleratornounA device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds, for the purpose of inducing high energy reactions or producing high energy radiation.
higgs factorynounA particle accelerator designed to produce Higgs bosons at a very high rate.
synchrocyclotronnounA particle accelerator like a cyclotron, but which operates at variable frequency to account for the particles gaining energy, allowing for greater energies to be achieved.
superspacenoun(physics) A coordinate space invoked in supersymmetry
cyclotronnounAn early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.
superfieldnoun(physics) A field that depends on all coordinates of the superspace.
superscatterernoun(physics) Any material that scatters light by a great amount
beauty factorynoun(physics) A collider-based scientific machine designed to produce a large number (at least 10⁹) of B mesons.
superradiancenoun(physics) The cooperative enhancement of spontaneous emission by constructive interatomic interference, producing an incoherent form of radiation.
superspinarnoun(physics) A very large spinar, especially one that violates the Kerr bound (cJ/GM^2>1)

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