Accelerators in Research

The Super Microscope – Typical Wavelengths for Different Momenta

What happens if you increase the momentum?
Move the mouse over the values to the right to check it out.

The momentum is

p=mv,

where m is the mass and v is the speed of the particle.

1 MeV = 10⁶ eV
1 GeV = 10⁹ eV
1 TeV = 10¹² eV

The energy of a particle is increased with 1 electronvolt (eV) when it is accelerated by
1 V.


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