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Particle Physics - Beams
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#7f7f7f;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/97037319-deac-4ef3-9e43-0c4e16465408/0614F89F-8AEE-4AC1-B2C8-81F627270D9C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://bc1.lbl.gov/CBP_pages/educational/WoB/cycle1p01.htm" href="http://bc1.lbl.gov/CBP_pages/educational/WoB/cycle1p01.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">bc1.lbl.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bc1.lbl.gov/CBP_pages/educational/WoB/cycle1p01.htm"><CENTER><IMG width="200" height="162" align="middle" x-claris-useimageheight="" x-claris-useimagewidth="" src="http://bc1.lbl.gov/CBP_pages/educational/WoB/images/questionphoton2.gif" /><FONT size="+2"> What is a beam?</FONT></CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bc1.lbl.gov/CBP_pages/educational/WoB/cycle1p01.htm"><DT> <FONT face="Times"><FONT size="+3">A beam is a directed flow of particles or waves</FONT></FONT></DT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bc1.lbl.gov/CBP_pages/educational/WoB/cycle1p01.htm"><DT> <FONT face="Times"><FONT size="+3">that carries energy and information.</FONT></FONT></DT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bc1.lbl.gov/CBP_pages/educational/WoB/cycle1p01.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><BLOCKQUOTE> <CENTER><B><FONT color="#ff0000"><FONT size="+2">flow of waves</FONT></FONT></B> </CENTER> <CENTER><IMG width="320" height="85" align="bottom" x-claris-useimageheight="" x-claris-useimagewidth="" src="http://bc1.lbl.gov/CBP_pages/educational/WoB/images/orangewaveanim.gif" /></CENTER> <BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE> <CENTER> </CENTER> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <CENTER><B><FONT color="#ff0000"><FONT size="+2">flow of particles</FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> </BLOCKQUOTE> <IMG width="300" height="20" align="bottom" x-claris-useimageheight="" x-claris-useimagewidth="" src="http://bc1.lbl.gov/CBP_pages/educational/WoB/images/flowofpart.gif" /></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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They are "focused" toward that point.</FONT></p> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bc1.lbl.gov/CBP_pages/educational/WoB/cycle1p02a.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="330" valign="bottom"><P><FONT size="+1" face="Times">As a beam is focused it becomes more "intense". That's why focusing sunlight with a magnifying glass creates such a high temperature. 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