synchrocyclotron

noun syn·chro·cy·clo·tron \ ˌsiŋ-(ˌ)krō-ˈsī-klə-ˌträn , ˌsin- \

|Updated on: 3 Jul 2018

Definition of synchrocyclotron

: a modified cyclotron that achieves greater energies for the charged particles by compensating for the variation in mass that the particles experience with increasing velocity

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The synchrocyclotron looked like the figment of someone’s fevered imagination: a Rube Goldberg device bathed in the fluorescent lights of a European dance club.

— peter kujawinski, New York Times, "Colliders, Sundials and Wonder: When Science Is Your Destination," 28 May 2018
Later, our group visited the building containing CERN’s original particle accelerator, the synchrocyclotron, built in 1957 as a way to help European science regain its feet after the destruction of World War II.

— peter kujawinski, New York Times, "Colliders, Sundials and Wonder: When Science Is Your Destination," 28 May 2018

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