Science Notes: Table-top demonstration of a particle accelerator
Issue 344 | Page 14 | Published Mar 2012
Description
In this article we show how similar principles can be used to move a polystyrene ball in a circular path. The intention here is to accelerate a mass, rather than a charged particle, using a combination of electric and gravitational fields.
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