Web Directory

» AccelSoft Inc.
   Markets and distributes software used for the design, simulation and performance analysis of particle accelerators. Includes product overviews, operating system information, and system requirements.
   http://www.ghga.com/accelsoft/

» Accelerateur Groningen-ORsay - AGOR
   Provides a range of information on specifications, operating diagrams, and beams produced. Includes reports produced by the group, and related links.
   http://www.kvi.nl/~agorcalc/agorhome.htm

» Accelerator Form and Function
   Explains what they are used for, the different types, and how they work. A virtual tour from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
   http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/accelerator.html

» Argonne Wakefield Accelerator: AWA
   Features an overview and plans of the facilities including linac, elecron gun, and control system. Includes publication archives and an animation of the dielectric transformer.
   http://www.hep.anl.gov/awa/

» Collider-Accelerator Department
   Responsible for the operation of a suite of accelerators used for experiments by Brookhaven National Laboratory. Features links to the individual accelerators with diagrams, photographs, and tours.
   http://www.bnl.gov/cad/

» Cornell Electron Positron Storage Ring - CESR
   Electron-positron collider with a circumference of 768 meters. Features information on the accelerator, synchrotron, and storage ring. Includes operation methods, diagrams and MPEG clips.
   http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/public/lab-info/cesr.html

» Cyclotron Institute
   Conduct basic research and educate students in accelerator based science and technology. Features a range of data and diagrams on the K500 cyclotron facility, publications, and research.
   http://cyclotron.tamu.edu/

» Dortmund Electron Test Accelerator - DELTA
   Provides a range of information on the facility at the University of Dortmund. Includes data on the superconducting asymmetric wiggler and the first free electron laser experiment.
   http://www.delta.tu-dortmund.de/

» Electron Accelerator ELSA
   ELSA Electron Stretcher and Accelerator, Physics Institute, Bonn University
   http://www-elsa.physik.uni-bonn.de/index_en.html

» How Do Physicists Study Particles?
   Resource from CERN. Provides information on the basics of accelerators and detectors.
   http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Content/Chapters/AboutCERN/HowStudyPrtcles/HowStudyPrtcles-en.html

» ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source
   Supports an international community of scientists who use neutrons and muons for research. Includes an image gallery, information on the accelerator and target, and machine status.
   http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/

» JP Accelerator Works Inc
   Design, develop and service linear accelerators and their associated technology. Includes an overview of products and services, links to affiliated companies, and a section on how linear accelerators work.
   http://www.jpaw.com/

» Lawrence and the Cyclotron
   Biography of Ernest Orland Lawrence, from the AIP Center for History of Physics which describes Lawrence's development of the cyclotron.
   http://www.aip.org/history/lawrence/

» MAX-lab, Lund University, Sweden
   Electron accelerator laboratory for nuclear physics and synchrotron radiation research. Built around three storage rings and includes plan drawings, beamlines and machine status.
   http://www.maxlab.lu.se/

» Particle Accelerators
   Offers a brief history and basic descriptions of linear accelerators, cyclotrons, and synchrotrons. From the British Broadcasting Corporation.
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A305407

» Physics News Update
   Summaries of the latest advances in accelerator physics from the American Institute of Physics.
   http://www.aip.org/pnu/

» Principles of Charged Particle Acceleration
   Digital version of the book by Stanley Humphries, Jr. Available for free download in zip or pdf format.
   http://www.fieldp.com/cpa.html

» Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - SLAC
   Design, construct and operate electron accelerators and related experimental facilities for use in high-energy physics and synchrotron radiation research. Includes publications, education, and facility tours.
   http://www.slac.stanford.edu/

» Superconducting Electron Linac - ELBE
   Designed to produce quasi-continuous (cw) beams of high brilliance and low emittance. Includes facility layout and an overview of intended research projects.
   http://www.fz-rossendorf.de/ELBE/

» Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator Facility
   Heavy ion accelerator providing a range of ion species for cosmic ray simulation, single event upset testing and ion irradiation and implantation. Includes examples of the type of work that is done at the facility.
   http://tvdg10.phy.bnl.gov/index.html

» The Infancy of Particle Accelerators
   Features the life and work of Rolf Wideröe authored by Pedro Waloschek. Full text with illustrations in HTML format.
   http://www-library.desy.de/elbooks/wideroe/WiE-BOOK.htm

» U.S. Particle Accelerator School
   Provides educational programs in the field of beams and their associated accelerator technologies. Includes programs, curriculum, and participating Universities.
   http://uspas.fnal.gov/

» University of Maryland Electron Ring
   UMER is a world-class research facility in beam and accelerator physics at the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics. A scaled low-energy electron beam is used at a much lower cost than larger and more energetic machines.
   http://www.umer.umd.edu

» University of Maryland Electron Ring - UMER
   Designed to investigate the physics of highly space-charge-dominated beams transported in a circular lattice. Features project overview, visitors guide, design, publications, and technical notes.
   http://www.ireap.umd.edu/ebte/ring/

» World's Largest Particle Accelerator - CERN
   Features an aerial view and a slide show of the facilities, an interactive tour of the accelerators, and the scientists and their ideas.
   http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/cern/