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collimator

Optical device for producing a nondivergent beam of light, or any device for limiting the size and angle of spread of a beam of radiation or particles. The term is also used for a small telescope attached to a larger optical instrument to fix its line of sight.



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Such a magnetic system acts as a magnetic collimator for decay electrons.
Project of neutron beta-decay A-asymmetry measurement with relative ... by Varlamov, V. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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