单词 | betatron |
释义 | betatronn. A machine designed for the acceleration of β particles. Kerst first spoke of the machine (1940) as an ‘Induction Accelerator’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > particle accelerator > [noun] > types of > betatron induction accelerator1940 betatron1941 1941 Time 29 Dec. 44/3 A new electron-hurling machine..its brilliant young inventor, Donald William Kerst, 30, who calls the machine a ‘betatron’. 1941 Time 29 Dec. 44/3 ‘The heart of the betatron,’ explains Inventor Kerst, ‘is a doughnut-shaped glass vacuum tube between the poles of a large electro~magnet.’ 1942 D. W. Kerst in Rev. Sci. Instruments 13 387 (title) A 20-Million Electron-Volt Betatron or Induction Accelerator. 1960 Gloss. Atomic Terms (H.M.S.O.) 6 Betatron, a machine for accelerating a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds in a circular path by means of the electric field produced by a changing magnetic flux. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1941 |
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