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synchrotron

DEFINITIONS OF: synchrotron

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n cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency

Types:
cosmotron
a large proton synchrotron; uses frequency modulation of an electric field to accelerate protons
Type of:
cyclotron
an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
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