Synchrocyclotron
//sɪŋkɹəʊˈsaɪklətɹɒn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A particle accelerator like a cyclotron, but which operates at variable frequency to account for the particles gaining energy, allowing for greater energies to be achieved.
"2004: The synchrocyclotron was able to accelerate protons to sufficient energies that collisions with nuclei produce pions, the lightest particles that, we now know, are made from a single quark and an antiquark. — Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2004, p. 50)"
- 2 cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field wordnet
Example
More examples"2004: The synchrocyclotron was able to accelerate protons to sufficient energies that collisions with nuclei produce pions, the lightest particles that, we now know, are made from a single quark and an antiquark. — Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2004, p. 50)"
Etymology
From synchro- + cyclotron.
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