storage ring

noun

, Physics.

1. a device for storing charged particles fed from an accelerator, consisting of a set of magnets placed in a ring and adjusted to keep the particles circulating until they are used.

Word History and Origins

Origin of storage ring¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Finally, the beams would pass into a smaller accelerator called a storage ring, which could be as little as 10 kilometers long—petite compared with the LHC.

From Science Magazine

To measure the muon’s magnetic moment, physicists at the Muon g−2 experiment begin by funneling a beam of muons into a storage ring around the 50-foot magnet.

From Scientific American

It used a much larger 14-meter-diameter storage ring and ran at a certain “magic” energy where the electric field would not affect the muon spin.

From Scientific American

In the experiment, an accelerator called the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron created beams of muons and sent them into a 50-foot-wide storage ring, a giant racetrack controlled by superconducting magnets.

From New York Times

In synchrotrons, electrons go whizzing around a storage ring a kilometer or more in circumference.

From Science Magazine