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cyclotron

/sahy-kluh-tron, sik-luh-/US // ˈsaɪ kləˌtrɒn, ˈsɪk lə- //UK // (ˈsaɪkləˌtrɒn) //

回旋加速器,回旋器,回旋管,回旋炉

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Physics.

    • : an accelerator in which particles are propelled in spiral paths by the use of a constant magnetic field.

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Examples

  • They acquired some old scintillators from a lab in Hamburg, leftover particle detectors from Los Alamos National Laboratory, and radiation-blocking iron slabs first used in a cyclotron at Columbia University in the 1950s.

  • Element 43 was "made" for the first time as a result of bombarding molybdenum with deuterons in the Berkeley cyclotron.

  • Finally they strike a target inserted into their path or are extracted from the cyclotron for use as an external beam.

  • The number of revolutions that an ion can make in a conventional cyclotron is limited to about 70 to 100.

  • Before attempting to discuss this principle, we should first review the operation of a conventional cyclotron.

  • Ions above the midplane of the cyclotron are directed downward; those below the midplane are directed upward.