Synchrocyclotron
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sɪŋkɹəʊˈsaɪklətɹɒn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Synchrocyclotron is a noun meaning 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.
Meaning
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.
Example Sentences
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)
Word Forms
- synchrocyclotrons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include synchrotron, cyclotron, geosynchrotron, cosmotron, gyrotron, accelerator.
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