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

Internal  target for colliding with subatomic particles taken

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

Details

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)