bevatron

American

[bev-uh-tron] / ˈbɛv əˌtrɒn /

noun

Physics.

an accelerator in which protons are raised to energies of several billion electron-volts by modulating the frequency of the accelerating voltage.

bevatron British

/ ˈbɛvəˌtrɒn /

noun

a proton synchrotron at the University of California

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Etymology

Origin of bevatron

1945–50; BeV + -a- connective + -tron

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The Radiation Laboratory flourished under his direction, built a bevatron for advanced particle research.

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When the bevatron is finally operating at its design energy, 6.25 bev, 20 swarms of 100 million protons each will burst from its chamber every minute.

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The bevatron will strike far deeper into the atomic nucleus, where matter and energy lie closely twined together.

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The strange, monstrous "bevatron" slowly coming to life on Charter Hill above Berkeley, Calif, is the world's greatest: 1.

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Using giant accelerators such as the Berkeley bevatron, they can measure the results of events inside the nucleus, but not all of it makes sense.

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