Template:Infobox particle accelerator/doc

The template formats a right-side infobox to display information about particle accelerators. This template is intended to be used on the pages of specific machines, (for example Large Hadron Collider), not general types of machines (for example, Cyclotron).

Usage
Copy paste the unpopulated template below. It will display the infobox on the right. Fields which are not applicable to the accelerator in question (for example, circumference for a linear accelerator) may be deleted. Fields which are relevant but for which the information is not available should be left in place for future editors.

General Properties

 * name: The full name of the accelerator with the abbreviation (if used) in parenthesis. When not specified, will default to the article title.


 * image: Optional; image name for an illustration or photograph of the accelerator.


 * caption: Optional; caption text displayed below the image


 * type: Optional; the type of accelerator. For example Synchrotron, Cyclotron, Linear particle accelerator.


 * beam: Optional; the type of particle accelerated by the machine. For example proton, alpha particle, heavy ion. Spell out the name of the particle.  If the machine is capable of accelerating multiple particle types, separate them with a comma, for example: "proton, heavy ion"


 * target: Optional; target type of the machine. Should normally be one of "collider", "fixed target", or "light source"

Beam Properties

 * energy: Optional; maximum energy of the beam, expressed in eV, keV, MeV, etc. For colliders, give the collision energy. (i.e., the combined energies of the colliding beams.)


 * current: Optional; maximum beam current, with units. Assumed to be electrical current (charge per second) unless particle current (particles per second) is explicitly specified.


 * brightness: Optional; beam brightness if known and a useful parameter for the machine type.


 * luminosity: Optional; beam luminosity if known and a useful parameter for the machine type.

Physical Properties

 * length: Optional; for linear machines, the length of the machine with appropriate units.


 * radius: Optional; for machines where this is a useful dimension (such as cyclotrons), the radius of the machine with appropriate units.


 * circumference: Optional; for rings, the circumference of the machine with appropriate units.


 * location: Optional; the geographic location of the machine, such as "Geneva, Switzerland"


 * coordinates: Optional; the latitude and longitude of the machine. Use the coord template with the "display=inline,title" option. Be sure to remove any existing coordinate templates when adding this infobox to an existing page.


 * institution: Optional; the institution which manages the accelerator, such as a university or governmental agency. Separate multiple institutions with commas.


 * dates: Optional; the years of operation of the device.


 * preceded: Optional; the direct predecessor of the machine, if any, such as the Large Electron–Positron Collider for the Large Hadron Collider.


 * succeeded: Optional; the direct successor of the machine, if any, such as the Large Hadron Collider for the Large Electron–Positron Collider.