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Should linac be capitalized or not, like laser? I vote uncapitalized but would like further input before changing the rest of the page. For reference, papers currently published in Nature use linac uncapitalized. Blablabliam ( talk) 21:04, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
This section should be removed, or at least modified. There is a particle accelerator page for that general information. Electrostatic accelerators are not linacs, so this information must be removed as it is irrelevant to linacs. In fact, Lawrence's idea for the cyclotron published in 1930 was based on Wideroe's 1928 linac design publication. For an accelerator to be a linac, it must use electric field resonance cavities controlled by an rf-source, not an electrostatic accelerator (ie: going in a line doesn't make it a linac). DAID ( talk) 09:55, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
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The acceleration of the particles can be made with three general methods:
This article needs to be cleaned up. There is confusion as to the distiction between an electrostatic type Linear Accelerator and a RF based "Linac". Both types of accelerator should be covered in the article, but at the moment there is a confused mess as to which one is being talked about in each section. Martyman 04:31, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
There should be a headline for the actual explaination how the LINAC works, not just "A linear particle accelerator consists of the following elements". It can be irritating. 16:00, 15 December 2005 (GMT)
need a mention. they are most common type of linac. Andybuckle 16:01, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
"Medical grade LINACs accelerate electrons using a complex bending magnet arrangement and a 6-30 million..." Once the particles are forced into a magenetic field whose force field is not along the kinteic vector syncroton radition is unavoidable.....where's the mistake? Slicky 08:32, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Under this heading it is said: '"LINACs of appropriate design are capable of accelerating heavy ions to energies exceeding those available in ring-type accelerators, which are limited by the strength of the magnetic fields required to maintain the ions on a curved path."'
This cannot be correct as the highest energy heavy ion accelerators are circular (e.g. Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider).
The advantage of a linear accelerator for heavy ions is not so obvious. It is more of a question why not use other accelerator types. Assuming the beam comes from a source (with an electrostatic accelerator, to what will still be a very low energy or velocity)
Scaler1112 08:19, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Cathode Rap Tubes do not have a fixed size and therefore I think they should not be used as a unit of measure when talking about the size of the smallest LINACs. 173.162.245.217 ( talk) 18:30, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
"The possibility of developing a ray gun weapon employing a linear electron accelerator came under consideration, and plans for feasibility studies were completed. Contract negotiation for a feasibility study began in the second quarter of FY 1962. A $59,000 contract with General Electric was being completed at the close of the year. Meanwhile, a subsidiary study covering radiation changes in organic structures was already under way through a contract with Melpar"42
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Johnvr4 ( talk) 18:22, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
I don't want to criticize the good work that has been done on this article, but the introductory section, Construction and operation is too complicated for general readers to understand how it works. The article needs a simple "How it works" section with an elementary explanation. -- Chetvorno TALK 20:33, 27 May 2015 (UTC)