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synchrotron: see particle accelerator particle accelerator, apparatus used in nuclear physics to produce beams of energetic charged particles and to direct them against various targets. Such machines, popularly called atom smashers, are needed to observe objects as small as the atomic nucleus in studies ..... Click the link for more information. . synchrotronCyclic particle accelerator in which the particle is confined to its orbit by a magnetic field. The strength of the magnetic field increases as the particle's momentum increases. An alternating electric field in synchrony with the orbital frequency of the particle produces acceleration. Synchrotrons are named according to the particles they accelerate. The Tevatron, a proton synchrotron at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois, U.S., produces the highest particle energies achieved so far. synchrotron [′siŋ·krə‚trän] (nucleonics) A device for accelerating electrons or protons in closed orbits in which the frequency of the accelerating voltage is varied (or held constant in the case of electrons) and the strength of the magnetic field is varied so as to keep the orbit radius constant. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Synchrotrons may have been designed with high-energy physics in mind, but now biologists are starting to see the light too. Microscopists at huge electron accelerators called synchrotrons already make higher-resolution X-ray images of insects and other small objects. Located at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, the Canadian Light Source (CLS) is one of only three "third-generation" synchrotrons in the world, a new state-of-the-art 2. |
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