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atom smasher: see particle accelerator particle accelerator, apparatus used in nuclear physics to produce beams of energetic charged particles and to direct them against various targets. Such machines, popularly called atom smashers, are needed to observe objects as small as the atomic nucleus in studies ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Our galaxy abounds with charged particles carrying energies that are thousands to millions of times as high as those that the most powerful atom smashers can muster. Then, in 1993, the company merged with Atom Smashers, a manufacturer of neon props. |
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