cyclotron

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An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic and alternating electric fields
{i} particle accelerator (tool for speeding up protons and atomic particles)
A machine to accelerate charged atomic particles to high energies by the application of electromagnetic forces These particles may be used to bombard suitable target materials to produce radioisotopes
an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
A particle accelerator In this atomic "merry-go-round" atomic particles are whirled around in a spiral between the ends of a huge magnet gaining speed with each rotation in preparation for their assault on the target material
a circular device for accelerating ions for use in nuclear reactors
A device for accelerating charged atomic particles by means of D-shaped electrodes
An accelerator for elementary particles in which the charged particles follow circular paths in a uniform magnetic field
a type of particle accelerator in which an ion introduced at the center is accelerated in an expanding spiral path by use of alternating electrical fields in the presence of a magnetic field (21 3)
Particle accelerator that accelerates charged atomic or subatomic particles in a constant magnetic field. It consists of two hollow semicircular electrodes, called dees, in a large evacuated cylindrical box. An alternating electric field between the dees continuously accelerates the particles from one dee to the other, while the magnetic field guides them in a circular path. As the speed of the particles increases, so does the radius of their path, and the particles spiral outward. In this manner, a cyclotron can accelerate protons to energies of up to 25 million electron volts
A particle accelerator in which particles are accelerated in a spiral
A device that uses alternating electric fields to accelerate subatomic particles (a particle smaller than an atom, such as an alpha particle or a proton) When these particles strike ordinary nuclei, radioisotopes are formed For his work in developing the cyclotron in the early 1930s, Ernest Lawrence of the University of California received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics
– a type of particle accelerator in which charged particles are accelerated while being confined by a magnetic field to a circular path (see figure 19 19)
Circular accelerator in which the particle is bent in traveling through a magnetic field, and an oscillating potential difference causes the particles to gain energy
cyclotrons
plural of cyclotron
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