Showing posts with label electron gun particle accelrators. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electron gun particle accelrators. Show all posts

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

How to build an electron gun

The latest addition to Backstage Science is a video about electron guns.

It is fronted by accelerator physicist Lee Jones, from the STFC's Daresbury Laboratory.

Not only do they have a cool name, electron guns are jam-packed full of cool science and engineering.

They involve insanely high voltages and the examples in this video even include exotic elements like caesium and arsenic!

Here's the video: