Internal target for colliding with subatomic particles taken from the Nimrod particle accelerator

Made:: 1964-1978 in Didcot

maker:: STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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Internal target for colliding with subatomic particles taken from the Nimrod particle accelerator at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory at Didcot, Oxfordshire in England, 1964-1978.

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Category:: Nuclear Physics

Object Number:: 1980-237

Materials:: steel (metal) and plastic (unidentified)

Measurements:: overall: 30 mm x 235 mm x 160 mm, .713 kg

type:: component - object and particle accelerator

credit:: Science Research Council (Rutherford Laboratory)

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Internal target for colliding with subatomic particles taken from the Nimrod particle accelerator

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