betatron
[bey-tuh-tron or, esp. British, bee-]
- an accelerator in which electrons are accelerated to high energies by an electric field produced by a changing magnetic field.
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betatron
- a type of particle accelerator for producing high-energy beams of electrons, having an alternating magnetic field to keep the electrons in a circular orbit of fixed radius and accelerate them by magnetic induction. It produces energies of up to about 300 MeV
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betatron
(bā′tə-trŏn′, bē′-)- A magnetic induction device capable of accelerating electrons to energies of several hundred million electron volts.
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betatron
[bā′tə-trŏn′]
- A type of particle accelerator that uses changing magnetic fields to accelerate electrons. Energies of several hundred million electron volts can be achieved in a betatron. See also particle accelerator.
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