beam attack — An attack by an interceptor aircraft attack, which terminates with a heading crossing angle greater than 45° but less than 135°. Beam attack … Aviation dictionary
Electron beam ion trap — (or its acronym EBIT) is used in physics to denote an electromagnetic bottle that produces and confines highly charged ions. It was invented by R. Marrs [Levine et al, 1988] and M. Levine at LLNL.An EBIT uses an electron beam focused by means of… … Wikipedia
Lorenz beam — The Lorenz beam blind landing system was an air radio navigation system in use from the late 1930s. The name refers to the company that produced the system; Lorenz referred to it simply as the Ultrakurzwellen Landefunkfeuer, German for ultra… … Wikipedia
Transatlantic crossing — For other uses of the term Transatlantic, see Transatlantic (disambiguation). Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between the Americas and Europe. Prior to the 19th century, transatlantic… … Wikipedia
Moore's Crossing Historic District — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district … Wikipedia
Moore's Crossing — Infobox nrhp | name = Moore s Crossing Historic District nrhp type=hd caption = The bridge at Moore s Crossing location = Roughly bounded by FM 973, Moores Bridge Road and Onion Creek. Austin, Texas, USA nearest city = lat degrees = 30 lat… … Wikipedia
particle accelerator — accelerator (def. 7). [1945 50] * * * Device that accelerates a beam of fast moving, electrically charged atoms (ions) or subatomic particles. Accelerators are used to study the structure of atomic nuclei (see atom) and the nature of subatomic… … Universalium
Iron Man's armor — refers to the powered metal suit worn by Tony Stark when he assumes his superhero role of Iron Man. The first version of the armor was created by Stark with the help of Ho Yinsen. Unlike most other superheroes, the appearance of Stark s armor has … Wikipedia
ATLAS experiment — ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) is one of the six particle detector experiments (ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, TOTEM, LHCb, and LHCf) constructed at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a new particle accelerator at the European Organization for Nuclear… … Wikipedia
Event (particle physics) — An event in particle physics describes one set of particle interactions occurring in a brief span of time, typically recorded together. At modern particle accelerators this refers to the interactions that occur as a result of one beam crossing… … Wikipedia
