synchrocyclotron

SynchrocyclotronSection of magnet of a synchrocyclotron at the Proton Therapy Center at the Institut Curie, Paris, France.

synchrocyclotron, improved form of cyclotron, a device that accelerates subatomic particles to high energies (see cyclotron).

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Article Title: synchrocyclotron
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 04 January 2011
Access Date: February 23, 2025