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The 2-mile long Stanford Linear Accelerator pushes electrons very close to the speed of light. It is powered by klystron tubes (red cylinders), similar to the tubes in your microwave oven but much more powerful, spaced 40 feet apart. Your microwave klystron produces about 1000 watts of power, while the 250 klystrons of...

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    September 05, 2008

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