What is the name of the particle accelerator Walton worked on?
Hadron Collider
Walton Accelerator
Cockcroft–Walton generator
Newton-Cockcroft machine
Answer
The Cockcroft–Walton generator is a type of particle accelerator that uses a series of high-voltage capacitors to accelerate charged particles. It was invented in the 1930s by British physicists John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, and was the first machine to successfully accelerate protons to an energy of over 1 million electron volts (MeV).
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