[DOC] [TLE] Van de Graaff generator - Wikipedia [PAR] Inventor, Robert J. Van de Graaff. Related items, Van de Graaff, linear particle 
accelerator. A Van de Graaff generator is an electrostatic generator which uses a 
moving belt to accumulate ... The Van de Graaff generator was developed as a 
particle accelerator in physics research, its high ..... Scientific American, March, 
1934. [DOC] [TLE] Particle accelerator - Wikipedia [PAR] A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel 
charged particles to nearly light speed and to contain them in well-defined beams
. Large accelerators are used in particle physics as colliders (e.g. the LHC at ... 
Electrostatic accelerators use static electric fields to accelerate particles. The 
most... [DOC] [TLE] Robert J. Van de Graaff - Wikipedia [PAR] Robert Jemison Van de Graaff (December 20, 1901  January 16, 1967) was an 
American ... Van de Graaff was the inventor of the Van de Graaff generator, a 
device which ... generators are used primarily as DC power supplies for linear 
atomic particle ... generators accelerating doubly charged (for example alpha) 
particles. [DOC] [TLE] Robert Jemison Van de Graaff | American physicist and inventor ... [PAR] American physicist and inventor of the Van de Graaff generator, a type of high-
voltage electrostatic generator that serves as a type of particle accelerator. ... The 
device, which is used for producing a very high electrostatic potential, depends 
for its .... Rosalind Franklin, and Rachel Carson, whose names appear in 
textbooks... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Jemison Van de Graaff was born on December 20, 1901 in ... [PAR] Oct 7, 2004 ... The machine had its debut on November 28, 1933 and was able to produce ... 
The prize was named for a scientist who had used the Van de Graaff particle ... "
Electrostatic Generators for the Acceleration of Charged Particles," ... for Nuclear 
Research," Bulletin, American Physical Society, August 29, 1966. [DOC] [TLE] Types of accelerators - Accelerators for Society [PAR] Electrostatic accelerators, such as the Cockcroft-Walton accelerator and the Van 
de ... Cockcroft-Walton generators are still used in particle accelerators today for 
the .... known as phase stability (The American physicist Edwin McMillan 
published the same idea at almost the same time and is often credited with its 
invention). [DOC] [TLE] Science Hall of Fame - Jemison Land and Cattle Company [PAR] Dr. Van de Graaff received a patent for the electrostatic generator in 1935. ... of 
his invention, which paved the way for advances in nuclear and particle physics. 
... several sportwriters named William to the All-American football team, the first 
.... immediately be used to accelerate particles, which must be done in vacuum. [DOC] [TLE] Van de Graaff generator - YourDictionary [PAR] an electrostatic generator using a movable insulating belt to produce potentials of 
millions of volts. Origin of ... Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ... 
electrode by a rapidly moving belt, accelerating particles to energies of about ten 
million electron volts. ... Named after its inventor Robert Jemison Van de Graaff. [DOC] [TLE] Physics Demonstrations - Electricity [PAR] Then the voltage rises to its full open-circuit value, and the arc restrikes at the 
bottom. ... A Van de Graaff generator is used to illustrate many principles of high 
... generator named after the American, Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), 
who .... A. D. Moore, Electrostatics: Exploring, Controlling & Using Static 
Electricity,... [DOC] [TLE] "Death ray" - Open Tesla Research [PAR] Tesla explained in many articles about experients or inventions that could 
produce ... such as a vessel at sea, the distance traversed by the same, or its 
speed". ... The first was a particle-beam projector that Tesla intended to be used 
as an .... Tesla specified that this could be done with a large electrostatic 
generator on a... [DOC] [TLE] a timeline of particle accelerators - Beam Theory Group - Michigan ... [PAR] Then came the principle of phase stability, which allowed the invention of the ..... 
It was here that the interest in accelerating particles had its beginnings

Question: Named for its American inventor, this electrostatic generator is used to accelerate particles
Answer: a Van de Graaff generator