In accelerator physics, a beamline refers to the particle trajectory, including the overall construction of the path segment (vacuum tube, magnets, diagnostic devices) along a specific path of an accelerator facility. This part is either
- the line in a linear accelerator along which a beam of particles travels, or
- the path leading from a cyclic accelerator to the experimental endstation (as in synchrotron light sources).
Beamlines usually end in experimental stations that utilize particle beams or synchrotron light obtained from a synchrotron, or neutrons from a spallation source or research reactor. The experiments are often located in the fields of materials science, physics, chemistry, and molecular biology.
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