classical cyclotron

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  • schematic diagram of a linear proton resonance accelerator
    In particle accelerator: Classical cyclotrons

    The key to the operation of a cyclotron is the fact that the orbits of ions in a uniform magnetic field are isochronous; that is, the time taken by a particle of a given mass to make one complete circuit is the same…

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synchrocyclotron

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Also known as: FM cyclotron, frequency-modulated cyclotron, phasotron
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Edwin Mattison McMillan

synchrocyclotron, improved form of cyclotron, a device that accelerates subatomic particles to high energies (see cyclotron).

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.