synchrocyclotronn.
/ˌsɪŋkrəʊˈsʌɪklətrɒn/, U.S. /ˈˌsɪŋkrəˈsaɪkləˌtrɑn/ Physics.
A particle accelerator similar to a cyclotron in which the frequency of the accelerating electric field is decreased as the particles gain energy so as to allow for the concomitant increase in mass and enable greater energies to be achieved.
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1947 Times 7 July 3/3 One machine being considered for Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, New York, is a huge synchro-cyclotron.
1956 Nature 3 Mar. 397/2 These exchanges of views led to the decision to fix the energy of the proposed synchro-cyclotron for the international laboratory at 600 MeV. and that of the proton-sychrotron at greater than 25 GeV.
1971 New Scientist 2 Sept. 510/1 The University of Chicago synchrocyclotron..has been shut down.
1973 L. J. Tassie Physics Elem. Particles 221 In circular accelerators, such as synchrocyclotrons and synchrotrons, the particles are confined to circular or spiralling paths by magnetic guide fields so that they pass one or several radiofrequency sources a large number of times.
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