Physique des accélérateursAccelerator physics is a branch of applied physics, concerned with designing, building and operating particle accelerators. As such, it can be described as the study of motion, manipulation and observation of relativistic charged particle beams and their interaction with accelerator structures by electromagnetic fields. It is also related to other fields: Microwave engineering (for acceleration/deflection structures in the radio frequency range). Optics with an emphasis on geometrical optics (beam focusing and bending) and laser physics (laser-particle interaction).
Instrument à cordesUn instrument à cordes est un instrument de musique dans lequel le son est produit par la vibration d'une ou plusieurs cordes. L'organologie les classe dans la catégorie des cordophones. L'histoire des instruments à cordes est vieille de plusieurs milliers d'années. Les premiers n'avaient probablement qu'une seule corde, comme l'arc musical. Dès l'Égypte ancienne, on connaissait les joueurs de harpe. Au Moyen Âge, les ménestriers s'accompagnaient au luth, etc. La vibration de la corde seule est peu audible.
Local hidden-variable theoryIn the interpretation of quantum mechanics, a local hidden-variable theory is a hidden-variable theory that satisfies the condition of being consistent with local realism. This definition restricts all types of those theories that attempt to account for the probabilistic features of quantum mechanics via the mechanism of underlying inaccessible variables with the additional requirement that distant events be independent, ruling out instantaneous (that is, faster-than-light) interactions between separate events.
