Welcome to the new page

As I re-wrote and considerably expanded this section on the particle accelerator page today after rearranging the layout last night, it became clear that I had too much information to clog up a page generally discussing all types of accelerators with this important, but specific type. Noting that basically every other accelerator class has its own page and only a small blurb there, I felt following this custom was a good idea. DAID (talk) 10:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Improvements

The main thing lacking right now, in my mind, is discussion of the Cockcroft-Walton method and any mention of Dynamitrons. I've never worked with these kinds of machines, so until I can do some secondary research, I need help! DAID (talk) 10:50, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested rename to "Electrostatic particle accelerator"

Since the majority of accelerators of this type are actually not used for nuclear physics (see the % breakdown in the particle accelerators article "Uses" section), I think this title might be more accurate. If we want to limit the scope to machines used for physics research, it may be OK as it stands. Wwheaton (talk) 16:49, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nuclear is implying they are accelerating nuclei, not that they are used for nuclear physics. Ion implantation and radiotherapy are using nuclear beams. There is a reasonable discussion of this in the introduction, but I should grab the numbers from the particle page and syndicate them here where its relevant. So that point might be cleared up. It was mainly that I didn't call it a generic 'particle' accelerator because they are used for accelerating ions. Some redirects could be useful, and I'm not opposed to changing the name of the page, but since a majority are accelerating nuclei, then grouping in other kinds of particles doesn't make a lot of sense. The name can involve DC, for example DAID (talk) 23:56, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]